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• Debra van Drunen
• Joost Cornelis Van Der Voort, Elst Arnhem
• Eddy Albert Knippenberg, Maaseik, Limburg, Belgium († 2002)
• Herman Johan Uiterwijk, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Gert-Auke Annes Beetstra, Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)
• Dale Schoelzel, Woodstock (McHenry Co., Illinois) († 1969)
• Gert Auke Beetstra, Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)
• Eddy Knippenberg († 2002)

• Arendje Pieters Broek (71), EaZ
• Arisje van de Vis- (79), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthony Gerard Hugh Bampfylde (49)
• Arendje Broek (71)
• Albertus Vijver (65), Leeuwarden
• Bessie M Allen (76), Mount Morris Township, Ogle County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Augusta Elisa Faict (84), Oostende
• Frederik Kielman (92)
• Andrea Johanna van Halder (62), Oss
• Alexandrina Margaretha Vincentie (70), Breda

• 1967 » Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
• 1967 » Tia Carrere, American actress
• 1968 » Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
• 1968 » Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer
• 1969 » Christy Turlington, American model
• 1969 » István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter
• 1969 » William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist
• 1970 » Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor
• 1971 » Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress
• 1971 » Taye Diggs, American actor and singer

• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)

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. Esther
8. Karin
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.
• March 2 » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
• March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
• April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
• April 7 » The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
• July 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
• August 14 » The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.

The temperature on January 2, 1969 was between 3.9 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.