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• Josephine Ullmann, Bamberg (D)
• Lars Christian Kolfschoten, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jacquelyn Ray Duke
• Gratia Charlier, Leuven, België († 2023)
• Anja Vanderjeugt
• Johannes Helmich, Noordoostpolder († 2006)
• Joseph Edward Doten († 1969)

• Anna Cornelia de Heer (88), den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrea Johanna van Halder (62), Oss
• Alida Johanna Burger (76), Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Stein (88), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van der Ham (82), Dordrecht
• (Marie) Maria Geerdina Daems (83), Eindhoven, Eindhoven, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aloysius Gerardus Maria Rutten (82), Oosterhout, Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Roelof Renssen (77)
• Berber Jans Iedema (91), Hijum
• Albertje Koops (35)

• 1960 » Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 » Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 » Martina Proeber, German diver
• 1964 » Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
• 1965 » Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
• 1965 » Guy Forget, French tennis player
• 1965 » Julia Ormond, English actress and producer
• 1966 » Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist
• 1975 » Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist

• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)

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 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
• March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
• May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
• July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• July 24 » Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
• October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.

The temperature on January 4, 1969 was between -0.4 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.