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• Jaap Johannes Smit, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1969)
• David John Huitsinga
• Robertus Johannes Cornelis (Robbie) van Wijk, Wilnis, Utrecht, Nederland († 1981)
• Pieter Cornelis Redert, Gorinchem († 1976)
• Suzanne Charlotte Everine Jacobsz, Den Helder, Nederland († 2014)
• Tanguy Alain Francois Arnold Marie Ghislain DE LAMINNE DE BEX, Ukkel/Brussel (B) († 1973)
• Frank Van Dijck († 2000)

• Ariëtje van Woudenberg (103), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Harmelen (52), Utrecht
• Bernardus Hermannus, Be Over (42), te Ter Apel
• Aeilko Mulder (65), Tilburg
• Alice Emily B Watkins (83), Canterbury Registration District, Kent, England
• Adriaantje Trommel (81)
• Antonia Maria de Kruif (57), Utrecht
• Adriaantje Trommel (81), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Taal (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Johanna Gertruda Polman (76), Duisburg-Meiderich

• 1966 » António Pinto, Portuguese runner
• 1966 » Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
• 1966 » Pia Cayetano, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1966 » Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1967 » Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer († 2011)
• 1967 » Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
• 1970 » Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner
• 1970 » Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
• 1971 » Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer

• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
• 1976 » John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1977 » A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
• 1979 » Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)

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.
• 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.
• October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
• November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
• November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
• November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
• December 4 » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.

The temperature on March 22, 1969 was between -1.7 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.