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• Jacobus Gerrit (Cor) Westerbroek, Harderwijk († 2014)
• Erik Derks, Mill, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Hielkje Keuning, Joure / Gem. Haskerland
• John Wesley Sundberg, Bassett, Nebraska
• Jonathan David (J. D.) JANSMA, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2007)
• Kimberly Andrus, Denver, Colorado
• Jolanda Anna Maria Heppener
• Joke Smits, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Willem Meering, Nieuwe Pekela († 1982)
• Carl W. Paul Kamhout († 2014)

• Catharina Maria Degenaar (96), Rotterdam
• Antonius Hermanus Warmerdam (72), Brunsum
• Catharina Maria Degenaar (96), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Bjintzesd Jelsma (79), Sneek, wymbritseradeel.fr.nld
• Anthonius Hermanus Warmerdam (72), Brunssum (L)
• Anna der Kinderen (74), Best
• Barbara Catharna Schoenmakers (45), Schiedam
• Bertus Fels (78), Arnhem
• Catrina Maria Antonia Akkermans (73), Waalwijk
• Anna der Kinderen (74), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1968 » Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner
• 1968 » Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager
• 1969 » Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1969 » Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier
• 1970 » Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1970 » Walt Williams, American basketball player
• 1971 » Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player
• 1971 » Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player
• 1971 » Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 » Selena, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer († 1995)

• 1965 » Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

• 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 17 » Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
• 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 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
• July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
• November 12 » Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.
• 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 April 16, 1969 was between 3.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.