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• Marion Van Otten, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1990)
• Saskia Westra († 1970)
• Anna Catharina Los, Akersloot
• Robertus Wilhelmus Cornelis Herijgers, Goirle († 2002)
• Maurice Knoop, Utrecht
• James Cornelius Appelman
• Alexander van Middelkoop († 2001)
• Cornelis van HEEL, Velddriel, Gelderland, Nederland

• Antonie Jansen (86), Loon op Zand
• Antonius Josephus Andreas van Gils (48), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Christianus SIEGRIST (83), Venray,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aggo Beek (21), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Bastiaan STIEGELIS (66), Dordrecht
• Anna Helena Maria Mink (81), Den Haag
• (87), Nesodden, Akershus, Norge
• Arie Klaas Noorland (72), Streefkerk
• Annetta Margaret Aden (77)
• Alabama Gertrude Jones Dale (76), Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama

• 1967 » Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager
• 1967 » Martin Tielli, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 » Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
• 1969 » Patrick Monahan, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1969 » Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
• 1969 » Sean Farrel, English footballer, forward
• 1970 » Daniel Handler, American journalist, author, and accordion player
• 1970 » Noureddine Morceli, Algerian runner
• 1971 » Junya Nakano, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1971 » Peter Stebbings, Canadian actor and director

• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
• 1966 » Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1967 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)
• 1987 » Stephen Tennant, English author (b. 1906)

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. 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.
• June 28 » Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
• July 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• November 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
• November 24 » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
• December 9 » U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.

The temperature on February 28, 1969 was between -0.4 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.