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• Thomas Anthony Kresha, Kimball, Kimball County, Nebraska, VS († 2015)
• Kelli Jo Gerken, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2016)
• Rik Timmerman
• Karen Michelle ELLENS († 1988)
• Jamie Kim Kathman, Corvallis, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Ronaldus Riegardus Hendrikus Rijks Melis, Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• EDWIN RENÉ MOSTERT, HOOGVLIET (GEMEENTE ROTTERDAM) († 2001)
• Pauline Elisabeth Catharina Jager, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Antonius Franciscus Wilhelmus Koot (54), Grossel, Gelderland, the Netherlands
• Brooks Hayden Owens (57)
• Barend Vleeschdraager (78), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Olinger (81), Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Albert Edward Boys (73)
• Abraham Van Herwijnen (65), Rotterdam
• Antje Doodeman (70)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Middelkoop (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Addie Priscilla Carroll Harrison [C 0] (77), Abilene, Taylor County, Texas
• Bartele Kok (1963)

• 1964 » Abhisit Vejjajiva, English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1964 » Kevin Sumlin, American football player and coach
• 1964 » Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player († 2007)
• 1964 » Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 » Ralph Knibbs, British rugby union player
• 1966 » Brent Butt, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Eric Esch, American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
• 1966 » Gizz Butt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
• 1967 » Skin, English singer and guitarist

• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1968 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)

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.
• January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
• March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• 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.
• August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
• September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
• October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.

The temperature on August 3, 1966 was between 12.5 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.