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• Edwin Veninga († 1991)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1969)
• Henk Streefland, Antwerpen († 1989)
• Adriaan van der Horst, Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Pieter Stolk († 2010)
• Diane van den Hoven († 1989)

• Anthony Russo (66)
• Adolf Diedrich Hinrich Magnus Witting (69), Oldenbrok
• Antonia Johanna van der Heijden (54), Heesch
• Carel Jacobus van der Horst (48), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Abeltje Tammes de Boer (71)
• Anthonia Joanna Maria van Bemmel (80), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Berend Groenwold (77), Almelo
• Antje van Baars (75), Den Helder
• Antje Hayes Postma (92), Augustinusga, Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
• Abeltje de Boer (71), -

• 1967 » Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player
• 1967 » Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
• 1968 » Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
• 1968 » Hashim Thaçi, Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
• 1968 » Roxanna Panufnik, English composer
• 1968 » Todd Jones, American baseball player
• 1969 » Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish academic and politician
• 1969 » Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
• 1969 » Rory McCann, Scottish actor
• 1970 » Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

• 1964 » Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
• 1970 » Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Richard
6. Hendrik
7. Cornelis
8. Mark
9. Edwin
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 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
• March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
• September 26 » Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
• October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
• December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
• December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

The temperature on April 24, 1969 was between 4.0 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.