About the day » Friday January 3, 1969Calender converter

• Georg Fischer († 2017)
• Thomas Courbois, Munchen-Gladbach (Dui)
• Arnoud Henk Goldberg, Hong Kong, China
• Paulus Cornelis Jacobus (Paul) Schrama († 2020)

• Aldert Dirk van Beelen (61), Noordwijk aan Zee
• Adriana Bakker (86), Apeldoorn
• Adriana Petronella Maria Vijverberg (66), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Albert Chauveau (39), Noirétable par Langny, Loire, Frankrijk
• Adrianus Johannes Marcelis (86), Tilburg
• Aldert Dirk van Beelen (61), Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Maria Vijverberg (66), Naaldwijk
• Arend Jan Meijer (70)
• Aletta Antonetta Troost (78), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Berendina Maria KOENDERS (80), Lichtenvoorde

• 1964 » Bruce LaBruce, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » Cheryl Miller, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 » Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1969 » Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsledder
• 1969 » Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish racing driver
• 1969 » Lorenzo Fertitta, American entrepreneur, casino executive and sports promoter
• 1969 » Michael Schumacher, German racing driver
• 1971 » Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Lee Il-hwa, South Korean actress
• 1973 » Dan Harmon, American screenwriter and producer

• 1965 » Milton Avery, American painter (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (b. 1944)
• 1967 » Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Reginald Punnett, British scientist (b. 1875)
• 1969 » Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909)
• 1969 » Tzavalas Karousos, Greek-French actor (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925)
• 1975 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1880)

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 5 » The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
• 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.
• July 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
• August 9 » Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
• November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
• 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 January 3, 1969 was between 1.5 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.