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• Laura Marie Furry, North Dakota († 1988)
• Tea Froukje (Simons) van der Meer, Drachten, Fryslân, Nederlân
• Richard SMITHUIS, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Philippe Ververken, Roeselare (B), België († 1987)
• Cicilia Feres, Leiden

• Annigjen Kraak (75), Barsingerhorn
• Age TOLSMA (83), Amsterdam
• Arnoldus Reinier Leonardus van Roosmalen (80), Doornenburg
• Aaltje Jans Huizinga (75), Groningen
• Amos E Kauffman (81), Holton, Jackson, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna van Duijn (56), Leiden
• Agnes Arnoldina Lensing (53), Zaandam
• Bernard Schoppert (77), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham OBADIA (79), Paris, 75010, FRANCE
• Arie van Ringelesteijn (88), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1968 » David Bartlett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Tasmania
• 1968 » Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 » Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist and short story writer
• 1969 » Junior Seau, American football player († 2012)
• 1969 » Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
• 1969 » Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager
• 1969 » Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager
• 1970 » Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
• 1970 » Steffen Freund, German footballer defensive midfielder and manager
• 1970 » Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer

• 1963 » Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
• 1968 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
• 1976 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
• 1979 » Moritz Jahn, German novelist and poet (b. 1884)
• 1980 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)

• 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 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
• July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• September 14 » The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.
• September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
• 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 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.

The temperature on January 19, 1969 was between 2.4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.