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• Thomas CLAAßEN († 1971)
• Robertus Barbara Albertus Vermaat, Bergen op Zoom († 1970)
• Jan Johan (Arjan) Kobes († 1994)
• Wilma Renden, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)
• Robbie van der Pas († 1971)
• Wilma Renden, Harderwijk († 1970)
• Kimberly J. Vanase, unbekannt († 1994)
• Dolph Hulleman († 1970)
• Jan Johan Kobes († 1994)
• Annegien (Giny) Epping

• Anna Aletta Reedijk (61), Voorburg
• Beert Spaan (82)
• Bernardus Asma (75), Losser
• Ate van der Werff (81), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bia van Beek (56)
• Caroline Elisabeth Krajenbrink (41), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes van der Aa (78), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Aletta REEDIJK (61), Voorburg
• Anton Mauer (71), Velike Reberce
• Bernardus Johannes Asma- (75), Losser, Nederland

• 1967 » Hiroya Oku, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1968 » Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
• 1968 » Tommy Keane, Irish footballer († 2012)
• 1968 » Walt Becker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
• 1969 » Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer
• 1971 » Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Richard Slinger, American wrestler

• 1955 » Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
• 1965 » Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1977 » Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
• 1980 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)

• 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.
• March 2 » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
• March 19 » The 385-metre-tall (1,263ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
• April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
• June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
• July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.

The temperature on September 16, 1969 was between 15.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.