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• Jan Makkinga, Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2021)
• Jan Makkinga, Vriezenveen († 2021)
• Jacob Snoek († 1985)
• Erik Hijstee, Amstelveen († 1966)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1966)
• Jacob Snoek († 1985)
• Willem Matthias, Groningen († 2004)
• Debra Joy Beekman, Kandiyohi County, MN

• Bernardus Gerardus Hoff (73), Huissen
• Cyrillus Peeters (89), Heikant,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Emil Charles Niemeyer (67), Oostenryk
• Aafje de Boer (91), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elvire Wardenaar (65), `s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Douwe Jetzes Kok (67)
• Cornelis Nicolaas van der Geest (61), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Huijnen (76), Den Bosch
• Cornelis Boon (74), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Elisabeth Petronella Veldhuisen (68), Utrecht

• 1964 » Paul Bernardo, Canadian serial rapist and murderer
• 1964 » Stephan Elliott, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1965 » Ange Postecoglou, Greek-Australian footballer and coach
• 1965 » Scott Dibble, American lawyer and politician
• 1965 » Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 1966 » Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower
• 1966 » Juhan Parts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1966 » René Higuita, Colombian footballer
• 1967 » Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1967 » Rob Burnett, American football player and sportscaster

• 1963 » Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)
• 1963 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
• 1964 » Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (b. 1934)
• 1968 » Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Erika Mann, German actress and author (b. 1905)
• 1969 » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Ronald
10. Paul
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.
• January 17 » Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
• January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
• July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
• 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.
• September 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The temperature on August 27, 1966 was between 12.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.