About the day » Friday September 9, 1966Calender converter

• Jacob Jan Koster († 1966)
• Johan Luk Imelda Stefan VAN OPSTAL, Leuven,3000,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaanderen,BELGIË († 1967)
• Rita Punie, Sint-Truiden, België († 2016)
• Johanna (Anja) den Toom, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Margaretha Wilhelmina Nottrot, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands († 2008)
• Sabine Dimmers († 1973)
• Renzia Siebes Boomsma, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Franciscus C.L. Verbeek († 2004)
• Jeannette Baas, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Marcus Hubertus (Marco) VROEMEN, Heugem-Maastricht (NL/LI) († 2014)

• Cornelia Christina van Os (76), Amsterdam
• Cecil Francis William (William) Watts (68), aged 68 years, Young, NSW, AU
• Adrianus Goede (83), Landsmeer
• Bernardus Henderikus Kok (73), Eindhoven
• Betty Butler (27), Andrew/ Cherokee North Carolina
• Andries Jan KRAAIJENBRINK (54), Malaga (Spanje)
• Antonius Peters (69), Veghel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Krab (79)
• Albertus Läkamp (71), Appingedam
• Cornelia Sia de Boer (70), Amsterdam

• 1965 » Dan Majerle, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 » Marcel Peeper, Dutch footballer
• 1966 » Adam Sandler, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1966 » Brian Smith, Australian-Irish rugby player and coach
• 1966 » Georg Hackl, German luger and coach
• 1966 » Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player
• 1967 » Akshay Kumar, Indian actor and producer
• 1967 » B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Mark Shrader, American wrestler

• 1955 » Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906)
• 1975 » John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)

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.
• February 14 » Australian currency is decimalized.
• June 8 » The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
• August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
• October 1 » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
• November 13 » In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
• November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.

The temperature on September 9, 1966 was between 3.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.