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• Esther Hart († 2007)
• Carla RUTHERFORD, Hazel Park, Oakland County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Thomas Patrick Gilbert CHOLMONDELEY, Nairobi, Kenya († 2016)
• Homme Dirk Jurjens Joustra, Wommels, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• Maria Margaretha Peters, Zwartemeer, Drenthe, Nederland († 1968)
• Maria Margaretha Peters, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1968)
• Henricus Adrianus Jacobus Ros, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Johanna Maria Wilhelmina Rooijakkers, Maasbree († 1995)

• Beatrice Mary Ann Lewis (83), Greenwich, London, England
• Arnoldus Talstra (72), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Maria Van Der Ven (54), Tilburg
• Arnoldus van de Kamp (62), Utrecht
• Baukje Buma (76), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bertha Elizabeth Nielsen (72), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Aafke Vos (75), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arthur Sage (84), London
• Albert Evariste Lemonnier (74), Bosville (F)
• Aafje Susanne van Linden (81), Monster

• 1966 » Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1966 » Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player and coach
• 1966 » Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 » David Bartlett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Tasmania
• 1968 » Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 » Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist and short story writer
• 1969 » Junior Seau, American football player († 2012)
• 1969 » Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
• 1969 » Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager
• 1969 » Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager

• 1957 » József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1963 » Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
• 1968 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
• 1976 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
• 1979 » Moritz Jahn, German novelist and poet (b. 1884)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Johan
6. Hendrik
7. Richard
8. Michael
9. Marcel
10. Willem
11. Cornelis
12. Mark
13. John
14. Patrick
15. Eric
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Ingrid
5. Sandra
6. Petra
7. Anna
8. Esther
9. Elisabeth
10. Yvonne
11. Jolanda
12. Karin
13. Jacqueline
14. Cornelia
15. Linda
16. Sylvia

• 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 12.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
• February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
• October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
• October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
• November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.

The temperature on January 19, 1968 was between 6.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.