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• Peter van der Zanden, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Terese Renee Versteeg, Oskaloosa, Mahasca Co., Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Shawn Patrick Todd Pigeon, UNKNOWN († 1984)
• Jan Hendrik Wijnholds, Tweede Exloërmond, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1969)
• Jos Heijmans, Waalwijk († 2005)
• Erwin Petrus Johannes van den Heuvel, Tilburg († 2012)
• Andre Bouw († 1985)
• Ida Eufemia Martina, Curaçao
• R.E.TH.H. (Rob) Kantelberg, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Aaltje Suurland (76), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Maria Koomen (52), Katwijk
• Catharina Carbaat (86), Amsterdam
• Albertus Wassenaar (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Johanna van den Heuvel (81), Oss
• Anna Wilhelmina Kremer (81), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus ROZEBOOM (69), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Bernard Pearson HUSBANDS (83), Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
• Albert Thijssen (93)
• Andries Moerman (68), Vlaardingen

• 1968 » A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author
• 1968 » Carlos Almeida, Cape Verdean runner
• 1968 » Paul Merson, English footballer and manager
• 1968 » Ultra Naté, American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter
• 1969 » Fabien Galthie, French rugby player
• 1969 » Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 1970 » Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Josephine Medina, Filipino Paralympic table tennis player
• 1970 » Michael Rapaport, American actor, podcast host, and director
• 1970 » sj Miller, American academic, public speaker, and social justice activist

• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1974 » Chet Huntley, American journalist (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1909)
• 1977 » Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (b. 1919)

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.
• March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
• April 17 » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
• May 21 » Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
• 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.
• August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
• December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.

The temperature on March 20, 1969 was between -0.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.