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• Günther Doris Frenken († 1972)
• Ferdinand Aloysius Franciscus Blommesteijn, Amsterdam
• Carola Cardinaal, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Peter Rudolf Sloots, Alkmaar
• Tjeuke van Mierlo, Soerendonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)

• Alijda Wakelkamp (74), Amsterdam
• Benjamin Cools (63), Eindhout, België
• Andries Van De Beek (43), Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Emily Champion (85), Wandsworth, London. England
• Anna Martina Cornelia Mermans (79), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Christine Baumgärtner (76), Ommen
• Arie Rijn (58), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Wagemakers (85), Breda
• Anje Kruise (68), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Agnes Apollonia Theodora van Ingen (54), Eindhoven

• 1966 » José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer
• 1966 » Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier († 1993)
• 1967 » Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian
• 1968 » Marcus Grönholm, Finnish race car driver
• 1968 » Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1969 » Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1969 » Derek Stephen Prince, American voice actor
• 1969 » Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director
• 1970 » Darren Lehmann, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1970 » Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach

• 1955 » Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 » Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)
• 1971 » Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (b. 1933)
• 1972 » Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926)
• 1977 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894)

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.
• February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
• October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.

The temperature on February 5, 1968 was between -0.6 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.