About the day » Monday May 5, 1969Calender converter

• Erik Johannes van der Ploeg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Pieter Jiskoot († 2013)
• Cornelis Gerardus Maria(Kees) van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• Marc Schager, Westzaan
• Marion Andrea Schuster, Wegberg (D), Nederland († 2008)
• William Kohn Strickland († 1969)

• Berendina Maria Stapelbroek (85), Oldenzaal
• Antonius Herbrink (80), Lemerlerveld
• Ann Emmeline Streeter (95), Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa, United States
• Alexander Martinus Antonius Maria Vos (83), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Aaltje Henkes (82), Amsterdam
• Christina Elizabeth Kruit (73), Rotterdam
• Catharina Anna Feld (54), Spanbroek
• Clara Martha Smith (87)
• Andries Bosma (69), Erica Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• Cornelia Jandr Schenk (85), Enkhuizen, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1966 » Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1966 » Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1966 » Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer
• 1967 » Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
• 1967 » Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
• 1969 » Pieter Muller, South African rugby player
• 1970 » Kyan Douglas, American television host and author
• 1970 » Todd Newton, American game show host
• 1971 » Harold Miner, American basketball player
• 1971 » Mike Redmond, American baseball player and manager

• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)

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.
• March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
• April 22 » British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
• July 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• August 15 » The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
• November 17 » Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
• December 24 » Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.

The temperature on May 5, 1969 was between 10.6 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.