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• Emelie Maria van Veen, 's-Gravenhage († 2012)
• Robert Poelstra, Gerkesklooster († 2007)
• Edwin Kuit, Zwanenburg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Emilie Maria van Veen († 2012)
• Martine Ampe, Brugge († 1997)
• Ellen Bakkers, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Philippus Pieter Bezemer, Ede
• Amanda Louise Boyce († 1966)
• Robert Poelstra, Gerkeskleaster, Fryslân, Nederlân († 2007)
• Wilhelmina Maria Catharina (Carla) Terheerd, Huissen

• Adrianus Lambertus Dominicus Adams (80), Delft
• Adrianus Lambertus Dominicus Adams (80), Delft, Zuid Holland
• Anthonij de Grooth (49), Groningen
• Antonius Hendricus Mazairac (65), Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Anthonia Johanna van Tetering (64), Eindhoven
• Adrianus Gerardus Agterdenbosch (78), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Pistorius (84), Loon op Zand (Tilburg)
• Anske Schotanus (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Lambrtus Adams (80), Delft
• August Reinders (80), Grieth, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1964 » Victor Wooten, American musician
• 1965 » Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria
• 1965 » Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician and DJ
• 1965 » Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist
• 1967 » Charles Walker, English politician
• 1967 » Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host
• 1967 » Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality
• 1967 » Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea († 2013)
• 1968 » Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
• 1968 » Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter

• 1958 » Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1964 » Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904)
• 1968 » René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
• 1973 » Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)

• 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.
• March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• April 21 » Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
• September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
• October 5 » A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.

The temperature on September 11, 1966 was between 10.3 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.