About the day » Friday August 8, 1969Calender converter

• Kerryanne Heather Govaars, Sydney, Nsw, Australie († 1969)
• Angelique (Jacoba Angelique Hendriks, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Guusta Theos Boersma, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Jacoba Angelique Theodora Johanna Crista Maria Hendriks, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Jeanette Wold († 2015)
• Richard Peters, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)

• Bouwe Jan Jans Kalma (6), Terhorne, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Boshuis (77)
• Carolina Margaretha Stor (82)
• Adriana Heuvelman (76), Krimpen aan de IJssel
• Astley Stanton Slack (76), Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
• Antje Annetta van Dijkum (69), Bussum of Utrecht
• "Charles" Jean Marie Joseph de Jurquet de La Salle (54), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Val-de-Marne, France
• Aert Pieter Herman Driessen (63), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Balt Willem de Groot (96), Sliedrecht
• Cornelia van der Kooy (63), San Jose (Cal. V.S.)

• 1968 » Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1968 » Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist († 2013)
• 1968 » Huey Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 » Yvie Burnett, Scottish soprano
• 1969 » Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1969 » Monika Tsõganova, Estonian chess player
• 1970 » Ben G. Davis, English chemist and academic
• 1970 » Chester Williams, South African rugby player and coach († 2019)
• 1970 » José Francisco Molina, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1970 » Trev Alberts, American football player and journalist

• 1959 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)
• 1975 » Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 1979 » Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)
• 1980 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Thomas McElwee, Irish republican and 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.
• March 2 » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
• April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
• April 17 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
• September 14 » The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.
• November 13 » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
• November 19 » Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

The temperature on August 8, 1969 was between 13.3 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.