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• Jacqueline Kreuk, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Sophie comtesse du Chastel de La Howarderie, Uccle († 1987)
• James D. Zerrip († 2003)
• Jacqueline Taylor Foard Faber, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina († 2004)
• Douglas Sims Bass, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Sophia van Chastel de La Howarderie, Brussel († 1987)
• Norma Dias Correa, Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brasil († 1966)

• Charlotte Pelsmaekers (52), Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie
• Akke Jetzes Reyenga (72), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Jacoba Stok (80), Uithoorn
• Amelia da Silveira Leite (62), Matão, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arie Leendert Korporaal (64), Sliedrecht
• Charlotte Pelsmaekers (52), Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Antonius Henricus Maria van Stokkum (50), Diessen
• Arie (Harry) Duinker (74), Neptune Monmouth
• Antje Post (94), Delft
• Antonie (Antoon) de Vogel (63), Leiden, Nederland

• 1964 » Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer-songwriter
• 1964 » Lester Quitzau, Canadian guitarist
• 1965 » Cheryl Hines, American actress
• 1965 » Frédéric Beigbeder, French author and critic
• 1965 » Johanna Vuoksenmaa, Finnish director and screenwriter
• 1966 » Kerrin Lee-Gartner, Canadian skier and journalist
• 1967 » Faith Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1967 » Suman Pokhrel, Nepali poet, lyricist and playwright
• 1967 » Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer
• 1968 » Kevin Buzzard, British mathematician

• 1958 » Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1914)
• 1961 » Ed Oliver, American golfer (b. 1915)
• 1962 » Bo Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Paulino Masip, Spanish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (b. 1880)
• 1966 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Jacqueline Susann, American author and actress (b. 1918)
• 1974 » Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)

• 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 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
• August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• November 2 » The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
• 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).
• November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
• November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on September 21, 1966 was between 4.1 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.