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• Manna Boersma, Groningen
• Geoffrey Edward van der Hoef, Hamilton, ON (CA) († 1970)
• Janine Francisca Elisabeth(Janine) van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• Ellard Noordhof, Zutphen († 1998)
• David Schweigman, Dieren, Ned († 2014)
• Arie Cornelis van der Niet, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christopher Mokma, Orlando, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1975)

• Benjamin Kroeze (78), Overisel, Allegan, Michigan
• Carolina Juliana Horemans (82), Herentals, België
• Albert Smit (73), Elburg
• Adriana Johanna WAAIJER (54), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christianus Ernestus Andreas van Vegchel (72), Vught
• Andries Heester (68)
• ? ? (71)
• Christoffel Pol, van de (80), Nijmegen
• Christine Marie Willems (74), Sint-Truiden, België
• Antonia de Rooij (67), Oosterhout

• 1966 » Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater, choreographer, and sportscaster
• 1968 » Frank Müller, German decathlete
• 1969 » Christopher Largen, American journalist and author († 2012)
• 1969 » Haki Doku, Albanian cyclist
• 1970 » Greg Yaitanes, American director and producer
• 1970 » Ivan Kozák, Slovak footballer
• 1970 » Katie Derham, English journalist
• 1971 » Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 1971 » Kerry Butler, American actress and singer
• 1971 » Nathan Morris, American soul singer

• 1963 » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1967 » Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1971 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1971 » Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
• 1975 » Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1883)
• 1978 » Walter C. Alvarez, American physician and author (b. 1884)

• 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 25 » During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
• May 9 » Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
• August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
• October 9 » In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
• November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
• November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.

The temperature on June 18, 1969 was between 10.9 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.