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• Gerliza de Leng, Dordrecht
• Gerritje Maria Hooijer († 1970)
• Hendrica DRAAIJER († 2000)
• Albert Johannes Engels, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• April Gerritsen, St. Catherines
• Hendrikus Vermanen, Hoorn, Gemeente Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Alistair Grant BAKES († 1990)

• Arnoldina Tibosch (78), Tilburg
• Bertha Woutrina Fabrie (89), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Adriana Kapiteijn (52), Heusden Noord-Brabant Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Stam (80)
• Adriana Verstylen (79), Dinteloord,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Ryan Wicker (76), Newberry County, South Carolina, United States of America
• antonius mekes (61), Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnouda Willem Cornelis Tybosch (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Lansink (71), Hasselo, 7558, Nederland
• Arnoldina Tibosch (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1967 » Nicola Roxon, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia
• 1968 » Alexander Stubb, Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland
• 1968 » Andreas Schnaas, German actor and director
• 1968 » Mike Baird, Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales
• 1969 » Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball player
• 1969 » Dean Windass, English footballer and manager
• 1969 » Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
• 1970 » Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1971 » Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 » Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower

• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)

• 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 15 » The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
• January 20 » Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th President of the United States of America.
• January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
• April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
• May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
• July 24 » Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

The temperature on April 1, 1969 was between 2.1 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.