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• leonie johanna louisa maria lemmen, helden-panningen
• Stephan van Elst, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2006)
• Richard Rutten, Groesbeek,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• Jan Vanheuckelom, Geel (B), België († 2013)
• Colinda Antonia Berdina Pennings, Handel, Gemert-Bakel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Anne-Sophie Vilain
• Johannes Lodewicus Gerard Knapen, Roermond († 2002)
• Lau Schreurs, Horn († 1969)
• Scottie Greene, Athens, Henderson, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Craig M. Cassidy, San Francisco, CA

• Alphonse Henri Alfons Dombrecht (90), Oedelem, Belgi
• Arthur Camiel Versele (82), Lauwe
• Annigje Alberts Rook (40), Ambt Vollenhove
• Ange OGUILLARD (72), Champs Sur Marne, 77
• Annigje Alberts Rook (40), Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antonia Louisa Jongebloet (75), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia de Mooij (52), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Elva Henry (97), Reno, Washoe, Nevada, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Wuring (56), Sneek
• Carlo Greppi (35), Lesmo, Italie

• 1964 » Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach
• 1964 » Trey Gowdy, American lawyer and U.S. Representative
• 1965 » David Reimer, Canadian victim of a botched circumcision and transgender reassignment surgery († 2004)
• 1965 » Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer
• 1966 » GZA, American rapper and producer
• 1966 » Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1967 » Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer
• 1967 » Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter († 2002)
• 1967 » Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian

• 1958 » Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)
• 1963 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)

• 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 12 » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
• February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
• July 4 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
• August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).

The temperature on August 22, 1966 was between 12.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.