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• Hendrikus Petrus de Otter, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Bernard Leenen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2015)
• Anja Catharina Kruizinga, Winschoten
• Andries Jacob Klaas Schuttinga, Groningen, Neth
• Aart van Oudheusden, Giesen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Morten Høgsnes, Valdres, Norgef († 2014)
• Julie marie Gesink, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2014)
• mathijs (math) zeelen, helden-beringe
• MARLENE MARGARETHA MARIA MAAT, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Wolter Oldenhof, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2020)

• Adriana Alida Helena Kuijper (82), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Albertus Henkel (70), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (87), Nijeveen
• * Johanna Maria Petronella Snelders (70), Tilburg
• Adrianus Johannes de Groot (86), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Atte Boek (96), Scherpenzeel (Gelderland)
• Abele Libbes Brinkman (57), Kollumerpomp, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana van der STRAATEN (70)
• Antonius Overmars (89), Terwolde
• Antonius Overmars (89), Terwolde (voorst)

• 1967 » Barry Minkow, American pastor and businessman
• 1967 » Billy Corgan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer
• 1967 » Jason Alchin, Australian rugby league player
• 1968 » Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1968 » Mathew St. Patrick, American actor and producer
• 1969 » Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded own eponymous brand († 2010)
• 1969 » Edgar Grospiron, French skier
• 1970 » Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Patrick Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 » Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach

• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
• 1961 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)
• 1974 » Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)

• 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 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
• May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
• May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
• 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 11 » The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
• November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.

The temperature on March 17, 1969 was between -1.0 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.