About the day » Monday August 4, 1969Calender converter

• Held, Noordoostpolder († 1969)
• Andrew William Wright AWRI04.AND01, Little Bowden, Leicestershire († 2005)
• Bryan Twisker († 2000)
• Antonia Alberta Maria de Beurs, Almelo
• Marc Smulders, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Joost Adriaan van Hamel, Voorburg († 2008)
• Feiko Aert Barkey Wolf, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Geeske Anne Houwen, Laren († 1998)
• James DeLester Yelderman II, Houston, Harris County, Texas († 2002)
• Iris Simone de Lange, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)

• Bertha Maria REGOUT (91), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Peelman (54), Duffel, 2570, Belgique
• Agnes Joanna Wilhelmina Woutera van de Ven (1), Berkel-Enschot
• Alberdiena "Elsie" Goossens (73), Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Berta Maria Regout (91), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Ebelina Nauta (76), Groningen
• Cornelia van Norel (74), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander James Anderson (74), Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia
• Adriana Flaman (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Josephina Pieternella Looijestijn (71)

• 1968 » Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor
• 1968 » Lee Mack, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Mark Bickley, Australian footballer and coach
• 1969 » Max Cavalera, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 » Troy O'Leary, American baseball player
• 1970 » Bret Baier, American journalist
• 1970 » John August, American director and screenwriter
• 1970 » Kate Silverton, English journalist
• 1970 » Steve House, American mountaineer
• 1970 » Steven Jack, South African cricketer

• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor (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. 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 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
• January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
• March 16 » A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
• March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
• 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 1 » A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.

The temperature on August 4, 1969 was between 13.5 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.