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

• Albertje Grooten (81), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Aerts (71), Treebeek
• Adrianus Josephus Elshout (87), Oisterwijk
• Anthonie Geluk (60), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonius Poppelier (90), Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Albina Antonia Hillen (76), Hoogstraten, België
• Aaltje WIJBRENS Fennema (81), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Austin Marion Wheeler (71), Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States
• Anthonius Marinus Corthals (67), Vlissingen, Nederland
• Antonia Anna HARTJES (60)

• 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.
• 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.

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.