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• Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III BIDEN, Wilmington, Delaware, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Wouterus Paulus Cornelis Staal, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jennie van de Sande
• EDDY MARCEL VAN DEN BRANDEN, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1999)
• Katelijne Van Raemdonck, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1988)
• Marleen Vos, Leuven († 2007)
• Joseph Robinette Biden, Wilmington (USA) († 2015)
• Richard Geertsma, Bedum
• Joseph (Beau) Biden, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States († 2015)

• Aaldert de Joode (76), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Klaas Basstra (72)
• Antonie Kool (80), Helmond (Noord-Brabant)
• Anna van der Zaal (89), Lisse
• Adriana Petronella Francina Kind (72), Hillegersberg, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Kaspers (77), Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Petronella van Haagen (75), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Emilie Biele (85), Kapunda,Light,South Australia,Australien
• Anna Gesina Stortelers (91)
• Arij Wijnands (68), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1966 » Frank Coraci, American director and screenwriter
• 1967 » Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1967 » Tim Flowers, English footballer and coach
• 1968 » Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, songwriter, and composer
• 1968 » Vlade Divac, Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1969 » Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware († 2015)
• 1969 » Retief Goosen, South African golfer
• 1970 » Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
• 1970 » Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor

• 1959 » The Day the Music Died
• 1960 » Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
• 1961 » Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1961 » William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Scottish-Australian captain and politician, 14th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Benjamin R. Jacobs (b. 1879)
• 1967 » Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 1969 » C. N. Annadurai, Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State (b. 1909)
• 1969 » Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican activist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1975 » Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
• 1975 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)

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 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
• March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
• March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
• June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
• July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• December 4 » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.

The temperature on February 3, 1969 was between -1.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.