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• Titia Yvonne Appel, Heerenveen († 2020)
• Sisenando Di Tulio, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 2010)
• Yvonne Geijteman, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Wubbe Wilts, Winschoten Oldambt Groningen Nederland († 2015)
• Stefaan DE COSTER († 1986)
• Wubbe Wilts, Winschoten († 2015)
• Carl Alexander Naessens, Auckland, New Zealand
• Levenloos, Woerden († 1969)
• Susan Clarke IRONS, Scarborough, North Riding, Yorkshire

• Cornelia Johanna de Lang (71), Bergen op Zoom
• Boelhouwer van Beveren (63), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Hersmis (67), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clasina Jannette Slegt (70), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Franciscus Hersmis (67), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Anna Maria Bruin (10), Waarland
• Clasina Jeannette Slegt (70), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Brigitta Margaretha van Os (71), Dedemsvaart
• Catharina Engelina Wilhelmina van Zeijl (84), Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham ten Hove (84), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1968 » Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
• 1968 » Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 » Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator († 2001)
• 1969 » Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
• 1969 » Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
• 1970 » Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
• 1970 » Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
• 1970 » Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
• 1970 » Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
• 1970 » Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager

• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)

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.
• January 5 » The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
• February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• March 25 » During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
• 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.
• September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
• November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.

The temperature on April 23, 1969 was between 5.0 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.