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Born on Wednesday October 8, 1969
- Mireille Peemen
- Berry Janssens, Sint Willebrord († 1999)
- Theunis Jelte de Jong, Sneek († 2014)
- Theunis Jelte Jeltes de Jong, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
- Theunis (Oedzes) van der Meer, De Harkema, Fryslân, Nederlân († 2024)
- Trientje Yktje Bronts
- Jean-Pierre de la Rivière, Gent († 2025)
- Theunis_Jelte de Jong, Snits († 2014)
Died on Wednesday October 8, 1969
- Albert Stam (74), Beverwijk, prov. Noord Holland
- Albert Albertsz Stam (74), Beverwijk
- Catharina Doornbos (66)
- Anna Gerardine Valerie van Aelst (44), Maastricht
- Arthur Robert WALKER (82), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Baukje Heerema (48), Haren,,The Netherlands
- Carolina Maria Jesus (71)
- Adriana Theodora (Sjaan) Kuiters (55), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Albert (Bertus) Albertsz Stam (74), Beverwijk (Wijk aan Zee)
- Barendje Hoeve (62), Zwolle
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 8, 1969 at Delpher
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- De waarheid
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Limburgsch dagblad
- Nederlands dagblad : gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling ... [et al.]
- Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname
- De Telegraaf
- De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
Born on October 8
- 1968 » Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer
- 1968 » CL Smooth, American rapper and producer
- 1968 » Emily Procter, American actress
- 1968 » Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ
- 1968 » Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster
- 1969 » Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 » Jeremy Davies, American actor
- 1970 » Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
- 1970 » Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel
- 1970 » Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Died on October 8
- 1958 » Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
- 1963 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
- 1967 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
- 1970 » Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
- 1973 » Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
- 1977 » Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
- 1978 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
- 1979 » Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
- 1979 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
- 1982 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
Names that were popular for boys in 1969
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Peter
- Willem
- Robert
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Johan
- Richard
- John
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Gerardus
- Paul
Names that were popular for girls in 1969
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Anna
- Marie
- Wilhelmina
- Petronella
- Monique
- Ann
- Adriana
- Sandra
- Margaretha
- Jolanda
- Petra
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1969
- 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 16 » A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
- May 20 » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
- June 23 » IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
- July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
- 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.
- November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
The weather on Wednesday October 8, 1969
The temperature on October 8, 1969 was between 11.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI