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• Gerardus Wilhelmina Biesmans, Maastricht († 1972)
• Antonín V. Tesař, Třebíč († 2007)
• Jolanda van der Helm, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriaan Brasser (81), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Asa Baird (89), Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Ijnze Hofstra (69), IJlst
• Abraham Vervloed (78), Achthuizen, Nederland
• Albert H. Snyder (74), Saugerties, Ulster County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Annie Franciska Ubbens (54), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia Verwijmeren (81), Breda, Nederland
• Verweijmeren (81), Prinsenbeek, Nederland
• Antje Stapensea (55)
• Clasina Antonia van Peperstraten (68), Den Haag

• 1965 » Connie Nielsen, Danish-American actress
• 1965 » Komsan Pohkong, Thai lawyer and academic
• 1965 » Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler († 2005)
• 1966 » Moisés Alou, American baseball player
• 1967 » Katy Clark, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1968 » Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo-Albanian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo
• 1970 » Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
• 1970 » Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
• 1970 » Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1971 » Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founded WikiLeaks

• 1957 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (b. 1904)
• 1958 » Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1867)
• 1969 » Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1942)
• 1971 » Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1891)
• 1978 » James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1979 » Louis Durey, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1981 » Ross Martin, American actor and director (b. 1920)

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 5 » The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
• April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
• July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• August 7 » Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• August 10 » A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
• September 1 » A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.

The temperature on July 3, 1969 was between 14.0 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.