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• Leon Renardel de Lavalette, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Bernardus Theodorus Franciscus (Ben) VENDRIG, Jutphaas
• Miriam José Wijker, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Anje Dina Bathoorn, Leek, Nederland († 2002)
• Pieter IJsbrand Boekestijn, Delft († 2017)
• Tromp Lubbert Hakvoort († 2005)
• Michel Gerardus Johannes Weijermars, Hellendoorn
• Miriam José Williamsd Wijker, Velsen († 2014)
• Paul Renardel de Lavalette, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Doodgeboren kind van Rooij, Tilburg († 1968)

• Anna Dean Jones (79), Kansas City, MO
• Cornelia Catharina van Rooijen (76), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Timmerman (75)
• Anthonia Theodora Maria Kester (87)
• Dirkse OUWERKERK (55), Nieuwendijk
• Drika Johanna te Hennepe (65)
• (80), Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Corinne George (82)
• Ella Mae Coney (84)
• Edna Faye Weatherford (54), Vernon, Lake, Illinois, United States

• 1967 » Ricky Otto, English footballer
• 1968 » Colin Hay, English political scientist, author, and academic
• 1968 » Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist and educator
• 1969 » Allison Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 » Ramona Milano, Canadian actress
• 1969 » Roxanne Shanté, American rapper
• 1969 » Sandra Denton, Jamaican-American rapper and actress
• 1970 » Domino, American DJ and producer
• 1970 » Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player
• 1970 » Nelson Diebel, American swimmer and coach

• 1953 » Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (b. 1872)
• 1962 » Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian activist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1968 » Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (b. 1931)
• 1970 » Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Victor Adamson; American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1890)
• 1976 » Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1898)

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 30 » Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
• April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
• April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
• November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.

The temperature on November 9, 1968 was between -1.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.