About the day » Monday December 30, 1968Calender converter

• Dirk Bex, Tongeren, België († 2015)
• Joannes Jacobus Bremmers, Roermond, Limburg, Nedeland († 2017)
• Marcel Gulickx († 2009)
• Andrew Friedman
• John Jacobus Bremmers, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 2017)
• Aeron Johannes Bernardinus Dacosta Jones, Wegberg,Dtl
• Loretta Nemetz, Huntsville Madison Alabama (USA) († 1968)
• Johan Fonkeman, Zwolle

• Armand Joseph Léon LOUVEAU (54), Spa, 4900, Liège, België
• Adriana Catharina Fredirica Schoonen (55), Bergen op Zoom
• Beatrix Maria Sperling (75), ´s Gravenhage
• Bernhardus (Gerhardus?) Johannus Huis in 't Veld (71)
• Anna Gesina Tuinstra (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Groen (88), Waddinxveen, Netherlands
• Adriana Mensen (81), Bergen op Zoom
• Adriana van den Enden (81), Ulvenhout, Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Bouke Smit (62), Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Albert Willem Brummelman (73), Eefde (Gorssel)

• 1967 » Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster
• 1968 » Adam Dale, Australian cricketer
• 1968 » Albano Mucci, Australian activist
• 1968 » Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
• 1968 » Sandra Glover, American hurdler
• 1969 » Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
• 1969 » Emmanuel Clérico, French race car driver
• 1969 » Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
• 1969 » Meredith Monroe, American actress
• 1969 » Michelle McGann, American golfer

• 1954 » Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
• 1971 » Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1919)
• 1979 » Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Violette Cordery, English race car driver (b. 1900)

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.
• January 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
• February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
• April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.

The temperature on December 30, 1968 was between -9.0 °C and -1.9 °C and averaged -5.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.