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• Donald George Williams, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia († 2019)
• Eline SEGERS († 2009)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1966)
• Foppe Hessels Gietema, Welsrijp, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• anna carolina petronella (ans) hillen, helden-beringe

• Anna Maria (Maria) Neijssen (62), Eindhoven, NB, Nederland
• Antonie Marinus Quarter (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik Ooms (81), Merksplas (B.)
• Cornelia Molenaar (54), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Sonneveld (81), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Arendje Maurits (78), Breda
• Cornelis Johannes Sonneveld (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Spaaij (76), Beek, 6190, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Mertens (60), Weert, Limburg Nederland
• Arendje Maurits (78), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1964 » Adam Yauch, American rapper and director († 2012)
• 1964 » Rory Morrison, English journalist († 2013)
• 1965 » Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer
• 1965 » Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboard player and composer
• 1966 » Jennifer Finch, American singer, bass player, and photographer
• 1966 » Jonathan Silverman, American actor and producer
• 1967 » Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 » Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1968 » Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician
• 1968 » Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)

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.
• February 2 » Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• March 10 » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
• April 26 » A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
• May 25 » Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
• November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).

The temperature on August 5, 1966 was between 11.7 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.