About the day » Thursday January 16, 1969Calender converter

• Heath William Hansel († 2001)
• Rowdy Rosseau, Axel,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2003)
• Gerrit Anton Keizer († 2016)
• Veronique Ferket († 1970)
• Jennie Winter, Vollenhove, Nederland († 2021)
• David Mermet Bolomey, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Mary Jane Koltz († 1969)
• Reiner Brenn († 1976)

• Antje Pieters Sekema (87), Kornhorn
• Anna Cornelia Groeneveld (87), Zevenbergen
• Agnes Esther Magdalena Meyer (79)
• leonardus joannes maria vogelzang (83), den haag
• Amos E Tingle (52)
• Aleida Engelina Mennink (86), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Willemen (63), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Sekema (87), -
• Adolf Leopold Beeckaert (79), Staden
• Alida Maria van Zal (44), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1966 » Jack McDowell, American baseball player
• 1968 » Rebecca Stead, American author
• 1969 » Marinus Bester, German footballer
• 1969 » Neil Back, English rugby player and coach
• 1969 » Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
• 1969 » Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
• 1970 » Ron Villone, American baseball player and coach
• 1971 » Jonathan Mangum, American actor
• 1971 » Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor
• 1971 » Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach

• 1962 » Frank Hurley, Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek archaeologist and judge (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)

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 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
• May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
• August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
• November 13 » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
• November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
• December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.

The temperature on January 16, 1969 was between 3.6 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.