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• Marjon Leonora van der Kaa, Abeokuta
• Hélène Mettrop, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Mark William (Mark) Peetsma, Simcoe (Ontario Canada)
• NN Eggink, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 1968)
• Johanna Dekkers, Eindhoven († 1969)
• Monique Adriana Johanna Kleine, Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Luc Hoefnagels

• Anna Cordes (86), Frankenfeld, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• barijnje Kwak (102), Brielle
• Adrianus van Vessem (67), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria den Reijer (81), Kruisland,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berbertje Johannesd de Vries (65)
• Aaltje Putter (78), Avereest
• Anna Kramer (74), Urk
• Arthur Feuillen Gillain Verheggen (67), Franière (Floreffe), Namen, België
• Abraham Posthumus (64), Adelaide, Australië
• Aaltje Putter (78), Dedemsvaart (Ambt Hardenberg Ov)

• 1965 » Gong Li, Chinese actress
• 1965 » Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist and author
• 1965 » Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster
• 1967 » Paul McGregor, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1968 » Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Junot Diaz, Dominican-born American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1970 » Bryon Russell, American basketball player
• 1970 » Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish architect and sailor
• 1970 » Danny McNamara, English singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Jorge Alberto da Costa Silva, Brazilian footballer

• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)

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. Patrick
14. John
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 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
• April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
• May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
• August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
• October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
• November 22 » The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).

The temperature on December 31, 1968 was between -8.8 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.