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• Josephine Ullmann, Bamberg (D)
• Johannes Helmich, Noordoostpolder († 2006)
• Lars Christian Kolfschoten, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jacquelyn Ray Duke
• Ricardo Ksyvickis, São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brasil († 1997)
• Gratia Charlier, Leuven, België († 2023)
• Joseph Edward Doten († 1969)
• Anja Vanderjeugt

• Aalbert Herman Engelen (46), Voorthuizen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloysius Gerardus Maria Rutten (82), Oosterhout
• adrianus tossijn (80), amsterdam
• Armand Louis Baudry (83), Saint Antoine, 13000, FRANCE
• Anna Maria Hubertina Thewissen (90), Heerlen
• Anna VAN DEN BOSCH (86), Hammond Lake County Indiana U.S.A
• Augustinus Hubertus Franciscus Lintjens (78), Tilburg
• Anton Roelof Renssen (77)
• Antonia Johanna Keuzenkamp (88), Winschoten
• Anna TerMaat (62), Pipestone, Pipestone county, Minnesota

• 1960 » Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 » Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 » Martina Proeber, German diver
• 1964 » Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
• 1965 » Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
• 1965 » Guy Forget, French tennis player
• 1965 » Julia Ormond, English actress and producer
• 1966 » Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist
• 1975 » Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist

• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)

• 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.
• March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
• April 7 » The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
• April 22 » The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
• May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
• September 14 » The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.
• November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".

The temperature on January 4, 1969 was between -0.4 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.