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• Dirk Pieter van Antwerpen, Den Haag († 2001)
• Gail Lynn Henk, Central City, Merrick, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Huibert "Huib" Wijnands († 2019)
• Hendrika van Dijk, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Sabine Grenzel, Krefeld, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 2010)
• Willem Allen Schulders, Marshfield Mass († 1989)
• Gerardus Fontijn, Heemskerk († 1986)
• wilhelmina (wilma) heesen, venlo
• NN Berkers, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL († 1969)
• Jan-Willem Wijnhoven († 1993)

• Aaltje Boerma (72), Enschede
• Agnes Mathilde Maria Bertha Eleonore Valentine Juliana Prinses van Windisch-Grätz (85), Wenen
• Baukje Ottema (65), Leeuwarden
• Aart Paul Corbeek (50), Dieren,Gemeente Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Zaal (67), Amsterdam
• Adriaan Gerard van der Linde (68), Den Helder
• Clyde Elmer Dawson (67), Toronto, Woodson Cnty, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Maria Salman (51), Wassenaar
• Bouwe Sjoerds Hoekstra (97), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Oosterhuis (83), Groningen

• 1968 » Ilmar Raag, Estonian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Julie Vega, Filipino actress and singer († 1985)
• 1968 » Matthias Ungemach, German-Australian rower
• 1969 » Brian Statham, Rhodesian born English footballer, defender and manager
• 1969 » George LeMieux, American lawyer and politician
• 1969 » Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director († 2000)
• 1969 » Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1969 » Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
• 1970 » Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler
• 1970 » Dorsey Levens, American football player and sportscaster

• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)
• 1970 » E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Ivan Konev, Soviet Marshal and general (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1981 » Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)

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.
• June 23 » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
• July 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• July 30 » Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
• August 9 » Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
• October 8 » The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
• December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

The temperature on May 21, 1969 was between 0.5 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.