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• Johanna Sophia Reymes, Arnhem
• Rudolf van der Helm, Voorburg († 2009)
• Peter Revenich, Sittard († 2019)
• Adriana Tessa (Tessa) van Goor, Almelo
• Ad van Waveren, Didam
• Vilmara Della Giustina, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1969)
• Thea Ylonka Johanna Maria Blom, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Levenloos kind Eshuis, Vriezenveen († 1969)
• Keith W Dishon, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Gerrit Damming, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)

• Cornelis van Weerlee (79), Leiden
• Alida BRUGMAN (26), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alta Harriet Goodale (52), Kansas City, Kansas
• Augustinus Joannes Maria De Schutter (63), Kapellen, Provincie Antwerpen
• Anthonius de Groot (67), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Kroese (62), Alkmaar
• Anne Marie Vanbrabant (85), Sint-Truiden, België
• Ana Joaquina Meira de Campos (89), Cambé, Paraná, Brasil
• Catharina Maria Veekens (83), Apeldoorn
• Casper Aloijsius Franciscus Johannes Pechholt (79), Kerkrade

• 1966 » Brent Butt, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
• 1967 » Skin, English singer and guitarist
• 1968 » Rod Beck, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1969 » Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Gina G, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer
• 1970 » Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1971 » DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, producer, and actress
• 1971 » Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer († 2007)

• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1968 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)

• 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 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
• April 28 » Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
• May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
• August 14 » The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.
• November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
• December 9 » U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.

The temperature on August 3, 1969 was between 16.1 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.