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• Adriaan Berend Jeroen Slingerland, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Patrick LEUNENS, Halle (Brabant), 23027, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique († 1992)

• Anna Maria Petronella Wassenberg (78), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Christina Lenaerts (86), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Apolonia Kaaij (77), De Rijp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste HUYSMANS (83), Laken,1020,Bruxelles,Bruxelles-Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Antje Sytses van Kammen (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Prins (78)
• Bartha Duivenvoorden (81), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartha Duivenvoorden (81), Lisse
• Auke Jacobs Busman (81), Burum
• Antonius Helmer + (58), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland

• 1968 » Chris DiMarco, American golfer
• 1968 » Laura Claycomb, American soprano
• 1969 » Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician
• 1969 » Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
• 1969 » Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
• 1969 » Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach († 2014)
• 1970 » Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player
• 1970 » Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » River Phoenix, American actor († 1993)

• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)
• 1977 » Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Richard
6. Hendrik
7. Cornelis
8. Mark
9. Edwin
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. Anna
11. Yvonne
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.
• April 17 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
• May 10 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
• August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
• October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
• 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 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.

The temperature on August 23, 1969 was between 9.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.