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• Alida Zonneveld, Castricum († 1966)
• Benjamin Alexander de Jong Cleyndert, Birmingham, North West, Groot Brittanië
• Alida M. Zonneveld, Castricum
• Jimmy Roland Keith, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ († 2010)
• Inkie van Loosbroek, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Jose Postema, Usquert
• Donna Ruth Ridder
• Ludger Determann, Aschendorf († 2017)
• Hendrik Tjitze Koster
• Marva Jo de Buhr, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2015)

• Adriana Colewij (90), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Ghering (67), Rotterdam
• Attje Jacobs Sijtsma (40)
• Adriana Petronella Colewij (90), Dordrecht
• Annita Dijkshoorn (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecilia Elizabeth Gleeson (84), Long Jetty, Australia
• Anna Maria Aleida Exel (67), Klazienaveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Carrie Edna Conrad (64), Lafayette, Onondaga Co, New York
• Antonie Kouveld (75), Gorinchem
• Arnoldus Engelen (77), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland

• 1964 » Ronald D. Moore, American screenwriter and producer
• 1965 » Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli-American pianist and educator
• 1965 » Kathryn Erbe, American actress
• 1966 » Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer and coach
• 1966 » Susannah Doyle, English actress, director, and playwright
• 1968 » Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
• 1968 » Hedi Slimane, French fashion designer and photographer
• 1968 » Ken Akamatsu, Japanese illustrator
• 1968 » Kenji Ito, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1968 » Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1966 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930)
• 1969 » Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)
• 1975 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Harry James, American trumpet player and actor (b. 1916)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Paul
10. Ronald
11. Marcel
12. Willem
13. Johan
14. Jacob
15. David
16. Richard

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Anna
5. Petra
6. Ingrid
7. Jolanda
8. Elisabeth
9. Yvonne
10. Cornelia
11. Petronella
12. Anita
13. Jacqueline
14. Catharina
15. Sandra
16. Karin

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
• July 8 » King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
• July 10 » The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
• August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
• August 16 » Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
• August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.

The temperature on July 5, 1966 was between 14.2 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.