About the day » Wednesday January 1, 1969Calender converter

• Roy Joseph Marie EUSSEN, Sittard († 2014)
• Agnes Remeeus, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Peter Schraa, unbekannt († 2002)
• Marc Willigenburg († 1979)
• Steven Walter Kuiken († 1997)
• Robert Jan Mudde, unbekannt († 2013)
• Marion Drosten, Hengelo († 2003)
• Roy Joseph Marie Eussen, Sittard († 2014)
• Mathilda van HEEL, Rossum, Gelderland, Nederland

• Adrianus Petrus Loomans (71), Asten
• Abraham Cornelis Kroon (86), Woubrugge, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Spaander (73), Edam
• Antonius Wilhelmus Albers (71), Nijmegen
• Adriana de Nooijer (67), Arnemuiden
• Adriana Cornelia Willegers (80), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Alida du Pau (74), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Van De Veen (81), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha IJsenbout (94), Amsterdam
• anna catharina hubertina peeters (85), sevenum

• 1964 » Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
• 1966 » Anna Burke, Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
• 1966 » Ivica Dačić, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
• 1966 » Tihomir Orešković, Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia
• 1968 » Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
• 1971 » Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician
• 1971 » Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach
• 1972 » Lilian Thuram, French footballer
• 1974 » Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry

• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Richard
6. Hendrik
7. Cornelis
8. Edwin
9. Mark
10. Michael
11. Marcel
12. David
13. Pieter
14. Willem
15. Patrick
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Sandra
5. Elisabeth
6. Jolanda
7. Karin
8. Esther
9. Ingrid
10. Yvonne
11. Anna
12. Petra
13. Miranda
14. Cornelia
15. Anita
16. Catharina

• 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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
• January 5 » The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
• April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
• July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
• August 4 » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
• August 11 » The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
• August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.

The temperature on January 1, 1969 was between -2.5 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.