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• Doeko Marinus Bruining, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)
• Juliet Anna Theodora Erinkveld, Deventer, Nederland († 1966)
• Catharina Helena Theodora Wilhelmina van Rooij, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Juliet Anna Theodora Erinkveld, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1966)
• Paul Henk Marco Nijkamp, Hilversum († 2017)
• Lambertus ROOSENDAAL, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• andre budding
• Ashley Byrd Carrell, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Petrus Gijsbertus (Peet) Kester († 2024)
• Peter Klazes Osinga, Berlikum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2006)

• Bertha Koster (72), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Sietje Hendrika Proost (69), Ridderkerk
• Adrianus Cornelis HOPSTAKEN (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Elisabeth Johanna Koren (68)
• Johanna Maria Gaelens (66), Sas van Gent
• Antje Heida (77), Wolvega, Weststellingwerf,, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnieta Gesina Burks (76), Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Antonia Minna Rosenzweig (70), South Australia, Australia
• Albert Mooi (70)
• Ada Bland (82), Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America

• 1963 » Glória Pires, Brazilian actress
• 1963 » Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
• 1964 » Kong Hee, Founder & former senior pastor of City Harvest Church
• 1965 » Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
• 1967 » Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1967 » Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
• 1968 » Chris DiMarco, American golfer
• 1968 » Laura Claycomb, American soprano

• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)
• 1977 » Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)

• 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 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.
• July 18 » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
• July 24 » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
• September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
• October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
• December 18 » Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.

The temperature on August 23, 1966 was between 7.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.