About the day » Monday December 16, 1968Calender converter

• Johanna Alida Wilhelmina Ammerlaan, Leiden
• Johanna Maria Hermsen, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Carla VLOEMANS, Merksem, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1979)
• Richard Leunen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1999)
• Jari Dawn Todd ****, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1992)

• Bertha Friedericke Doris Maria Ahrens (82), Nursing Home
• Aaltje Dijkstra (85), Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bernhard Albert LUENNEMANN (84), St.Louis,America
• Antonius Catharina (Antoon) Beks (74), Eindhoven
• Barbara Margareth Agatha Klasing (74), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Anton Knetemann (77), Rijswijk,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Agnes Van Hee (64)
• Alida Jannes Dijksterhuis (92)
• Barbara Maria Elisabeth Witzler (85), Rotterdam
• Albertus Coenradus Hamerslag (75), Hilversum, Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1967 » Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
• 1967 » Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
• 1967 » Miranda Otto, Australian actress
• 1968 » Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder († 2013)
• 1968 » Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1968 » Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
• 1969 » Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
• 1969 » Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
• 1969 » Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
• 1969 » Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager

• 1961 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1965 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
• 1969 » Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
• 1970 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1976 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
• 1977 » Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

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.
• March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• October 16 » Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
• December 24 » Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.

The temperature on December 16, 1968 was between 1.1 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.