About the day » Sunday January 26, 1969Calender converter

• fred sijben, helden-egchel
• Rudy Karrenbeld, Deventer
• Monique Agnes Manders, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2006)

• Adrianus Sjoerd Haantjes (59), Terschelling
• Catharina Elisabeth Schepers (82), Rijkevorsel, België
• Antonius Franciscus (Antoon) Willemsen (85), Edam, Huize Koningshoven
• Armin Heiko Georg Kathmann (0), Nürnberg, Germany
• Albert Loorbach (90)
• Anna Rosalia Willems (89), Geel, België
• Arendje van Staalduinen (84), De Lier, Nederland
• Adriaan Gijsbertus Wagensveld (66), Middelburg
• Antonius Cornelis Maria Wit de (85), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina (Ca) Borst (82), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1965 » Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1965 » Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician
• 1966 » Kazushige Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman
• 1967 » Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database
• 1968 » Jupiter Apple, Brazilian singer-songwriter, film director, and actor († 2015)
• 1969 » George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1973 » Larissa Lowing, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1973 » Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Donald Sheldon, American bush pilot (b. 1921)
• 1976 » João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)
• 1979 » Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
• 1980 » Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (b. 1922)
• 1983 » Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)

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.
• April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
• July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
• August 13 » The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
• November 10 » National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
• November 21 » U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.

The temperature on January 26, 1969 was between 5.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.