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• Ingrid Margaretha Helsloot, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Carolina J.W. Thuis, Wisch
• Petra van Ginneken, Breda
• anja sijben, helden-beringe
• Kim Barber ABAR14.KIM01RT, # († 1990)
• Ingrid, Margaretha Helsloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Cornelia Hendrika van der Burg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Alfred John Cheeseman (47), Beaufort, Pyrenees-South, Victoria, Australia
• claude reeves (61), Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States
• Albert Jan Holsapppel (64), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacomina Wolfert (80), Driebergen
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Berendsen (75), De Bilt
• Albert Roukema (82), Wommels (Hennaarderadeel)
• Annigien Schonewille (81), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands
• Tinbergen (55), Colchester, Essex, Engeland
• Antje Kornelis Wagenaar (75), Marum
• Cornelia (Cora) Nieuwenhuis (89), San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1967 » Elizabeth Carling, English actress and singer
• 1967 » Kerrod Walters, Australian rugby league player
• 1968 » Susan Tully, English actress, director, and producer
• 1969 » Juan González, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1969 » Labros Papakostas, Greek high jumper
• 1969 » Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1970 » Aapo Ilves, Estonian poet and illustrator
• 1970 » Michelle Malkin, American blogger and author
• 1970 » Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman († 2011)
• 1970 » Sander Boschker, Dutch footballer

• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949)
• 1978 » Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1983 » Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)

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.
• April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
• 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 24 » Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
• August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
• November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
• December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

The temperature on October 20, 1969 was between 4.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.