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• Pascal Pols, Bennekom (Ede) († 1969)
• Johannes Antonius de JONG, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• Monique Marie-José van Ginkel, Nijmegen, Gld, NL († 2020)
• Fijtje van der Marel, Aarlanderveen († 1992)
• Yvonne van 't Riet († 1979)
• Kevin George Verkilen, Marsfield, Wood county, Wisconsin (USA) († 1990)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van Veldhoven, Tiel (GL) († 2009)

• Catharina van der Werf (83), Lemmer
• 'Maria' Anna Angela Over (89)
• Barbara Brouwer (75)
• Barbara Maria Herben (75), Maastricht
• Anita Quinten (0), Goes
• Aaltje Rink (83), Haaften gem. Neerijnen
• Anthonius Christianus Cornelis (Anton) Attevelt (83), Amersfoort
• Casper Schaap (73), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Van Den Broek (90), de Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anton Heger (71), Zeist

• 1966 » Andrew Voss, Australian sportscaster and author
• 1966 » Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
• 1966 » Lutz Heilmann, German politician
• 1966 » Toby Jones, English actor
• 1966 » Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
• 1967 » Alok Sharma, Indian-English accountant and politician
• 1968 » Gennadi Krasnitski, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1968 » Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-French footballer
• 1969 » Darren Bragg, American baseball player and coach
• 1969 » Rudy Galindo, American figure skater

• 1962 » Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1897)
• 1962 » Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Walter A. Brown, American businessman (b. 1905)
• 1969 » Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Polish-Israeli journalist and politician, 1st Internal Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (b. 1906)
• 1971 » Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Lev Vladimirsky, Kazakhstani-Russian admiral (b. 1903)

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 7 » Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
• March 6 » Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
• April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
• April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• June 30 » Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
• September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.

The temperature on September 7, 1968 was between 10.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.