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• Dina Stegeman, Hardenberg († 2017)
• Robert Johannes Simon Petrus Maurer, Bilthoven Utr († 2001)
• Markus Henrikus (Marko) VENDRIG, Amsterdam
• Jacob Zwaan, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Etienne Loots, Heemskerk
• Carolina Cecilia Maria (Carla) Keizer, De Goorn, 4530, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Wouter van Hilten, Uithoorn
• Jacob (Japie) ZWAAN († 1976)
• Jan Henricus Hermanus Zwiers, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Maribel Kauwenberg, San Miguel, C († 2019)

• Andre Poulain (55)
• Anna Maria Kijlstra (90), Drachten
• Adrianus WILLIGERS (71), Steenbergen (N.Br. Nl)
• Bertha Gesina Boland (69), Varsseveld
• Anna Caroline Friedrichsdr Wittstock (96), King Williams Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Albert Pieter Jan ACHTEN (52), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Catharina Broekhuizen (71), Eastbourne (GB)
• Catharine Gennette SITLER (53), Linn County
• Anthonie Edel (70), Hoogeveen
• Angela Delma Alvey (66), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

• 1966 » Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1966 » Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence
• 1969 » Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
• 1969 » Scott Johnson, American cartoonist
• 1971 » Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1971 » Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
• 1971 » Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
• 1972 » Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
• 1972 » Jason Rullo, American drummer

• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)

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.
• January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
• May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
• August 7 » Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• August 13 » The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• December 1 » Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
• December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

The temperature on July 17, 1969 was between 10.9 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.