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• Robert Johannes Simon Petrus Maurer, Bilthoven Utr († 2001)
• Wouter van Hilten, Uithoorn
• Jacob (Japie) ZWAAN († 1976)
• Markus Henrikus (Marko) VENDRIG, Amsterdam
• Maribel Kauwenberg, San Miguel, C († 2019)
• Carolina Cecilia Maria (Carla) Keizer, De Goorn, 4530, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Jacob Zwaan, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Jacob Zwaan, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Dina Stegeman, Hardenberg († 2017)
• Ren Geense, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)

• Anna Maria Josephina Van Looy (74), Lier, België
• Arlin Dale Franken (21), Vietnam
• Adriaan Cornelis Joannes Krijnen (86), Tilburg
• Arentje Loonstra (70), Beetgumermolen
• Arie Rijsterborgh (73), Tiel
• Catharine Gennette SITLER (53), Linn County
• Bertha Gesina Boland (69), Varsseveld
• Barbara Hunter (59), Richmond City, Chesterfield, Virginia, VS
• Aart Zwart (79), amsterdam, Nederland
• Bouwe VAN DER KOOI (69), Kamen North Rhine-Westphalia Germany

• 1966 » Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1966 » Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence
• 1969 » Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
• 1969 » Scott Johnson, American cartoonist
• 1971 » Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1971 » Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
• 1971 » Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
• 1972 » Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
• 1972 » Jason Rullo, American drummer

• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)

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.
• March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
• March 19 » The 385-metre-tall (1,263ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
• 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).
• April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
• April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
• August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.

The temperature on July 17, 1969 was between 10.9 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.