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Born on Thursday October 31, 1968
Died on Thursday October 31, 1968

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 31, 1968 at Delpher


Born on October 31

Died on October 31

Names that were popular for boys in 1968
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1968
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1968
  • 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.
  • February 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
  • April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
  • May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
  • October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
  • December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
Weather October 31, 1968

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.

Source: KNMI