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• Wroe Wiley Lynch <K TXBu>1, Odessa, Ector County, Texas († 1995)
• Wim Pelkmans
• Darren MACDONALD, St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario, Canada († 1989)
• Erik Postma, Gorredijk, Nederland
• Joanna Ruth Prince, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales († 2010)
• Albertha (Betsie) Wolbink, Hardenberg († 1976)

• Anna Ram (78), Woerden
• Antonius Johannes Graat (71), Beugen, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje van Ommen (80), Muiden, Nederland
• Berentje Sjoerds Boersma (63)
• Anna Maria Zuidinga (83), Emsdetten
• Antje Rozenberg (70), Oranjewoud
• Abraham Frederik Jacobus de Vos (71), Groningen
• Adrianus Josephus Elshout (87), Oisterwijk
• Bernardus Veldhuis (95), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis van OORSCHOT (85), Vlissingen

• 1965 » Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor († 2014)
• 1966 » Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1966 » Annabella Lwin, Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter (Bow Wow Wow) and record producer
• 1966 » Koji Kanemoto, Japanese wrestler
• 1966 » Mike O'Malley, American actor and comedian
• 1967 » Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer († 2020)
• 1967 » Buddy Lazier, American race car driver
• 1967 » Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor
• 1968 » Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base)

• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1983 » George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)

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. Karin
12. Jolanda
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 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
• February 24 » Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
• March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• July 26 » Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
• September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
• December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

The temperature on October 31, 1968 was between 12.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.