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• Manon Geertrui van Seggelen, Apeldoorn († 2004)
• Scott A. Rothwell, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota († 1993)
• Derryn Anne VERMEULEN, Johannesburg
• Arina Paulina Nieuwpoort, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Mervyn Donald BLACKBERRY, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1969)

• Catharina Johanna van Dregt (73), Gemeente Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Durks Oosterhout (71), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• "Jacques" Alexandre Bénédict de Saussure (76), Prangins, Vaud, Suisse
• Cornelia Hubertina Allers (80), Maastricht
• Adrianus Zandbergen (74), Rijnsburg
• Adrianus Zandbergen (74), Rijnsburg gem. Katwijk Zhl. Nederland
• Aaltje Vas (60)
• Cornelia Bax (87), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Christina Elisabeth Mijdema (82), Amsterdam
• Aart de Zeeuw (82), Dordrecht

• 1967 » Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach († 2014)
• 1967 » Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
• 1969 » Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
• 1969 » Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
• 1969 » Jim O'Rourke, American guitarist and producer
• 1970 » Peter Van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 » Amy Barger, American astronomer
• 1971 » Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1971 » Jonathan Davis, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager

• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)
• 1966 » Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1970 » David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)

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 20 » Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th President of the United States of America.
• April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
• May 10 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
• July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
• 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.
• November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.

The temperature on January 18, 1969 was between 2.7 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.