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• Frank Achten, Sieglar(Duitsland) († 1985)
• Stephan Richard Jan-Joseph Manders 13AIF, Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2013)
• ANN VAN RAEMDONCK, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 2017)
• Michel Dobber, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Jeffrey A. Opp, Ventura, California, United States († 2005)
• Eric Shawn SALMONSON († 1970)
• Anita Stam († 2000)
• Neeltje van Drogen († 2023)
• Frank Achten, Sieglar (D), Duitsland († 1985)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1966)

• Antoinette comtesse d'Oultremont (81), Duras
• Adrianus van den Eeden (63), Eindhoven
• "Antoinette" Marie Emilie Ghislaine d'Oultremont (81), château de Duras, Saint-Trond, Belgique
• Anna Catharina Suijkerbuijk (71), Putte, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz van der Weerd (72), Langedijk
• Alice Christiane Marie Jacobs (24), Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België
• Antonia Opstroom (83), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Fokkes de Vries (89), Leiden
• Antje Miedema (73), Groningen
• Abraham Boon (52), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1964 » Azarias Ruberwa, Congolese lawyer and politician, Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 1965 » KRS-One, American rapper and producer
• 1966 » Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist and songwriter († 2004)
• 1966 » Enrico Letta, Italian lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Italy
• 1966 » Liu Chunyan, Chinese host and voice actress
• 1966 » Miguel Albaladejo, Spanish director and screenwriter
• 1967 » Andy Benes, American baseball player
• 1968 » Abdelatif Benazzi, Moroccan-French rugby player
• 1968 » Brett Angell, English footballer and coach
• 1968 » Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager († 2014)

• 1951 » İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
• 1980 » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1982 » Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (b. 1897)

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

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.
• January 10 » Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
• March 4 » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
• April 21 » Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
• December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.

The temperature on August 20, 1966 was between 14.6 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.