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• Hendrikus Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Slaats, Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Melody Lea Romine, Cope, CO († 1967)
• Klaus Richard von Staa, Sao Paulo († 1993)
• Dirk-Jan (Hendrikus Johannes Slaats, Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Thomas John, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Ingrid SCHEERS, Putten († 1967)
• Klaus von Staa, Sao Paulo († 1993)
• Emiel Johan Beuk, Hilversum, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2010)

• Annechien Buiter (78), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus WOERDEMAN (102), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bernardina Triesscheijn (52), 's Gravenhage
• Arnoud Westdijk (54), Spijkenisse
• Cent NIEUWPOORT (72)
• Anna Maria Bernarda Triesscheijn (52), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Josephus Aarts (58), Bladel en Netersel
• Biatrix Goessens (59), Sittard
• Anno Welp (72), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Atze Lammerts de Bruin (83), Zwaagwesteinde, Friesland, Nederland

• 1966 » Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter († 1990)
• 1966 » Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player († 2009)
• 1966 » Willie Anderson, American basketball player
• 1967 » R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and former professional basketball player
• 1967 » Steven Jacobs, Australian television host and actor
• 1967 » Tom Watson, English politician
• 1967 » Torsten Gowitzke, German footballer and manager
• 1971 » Jason Giambi, American baseball player
• 1971 » Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer
• 1971 » Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach

• 1958 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
• 1961 » Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Georges Guibourg, French actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (b. 1911)
• 1975 » Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. Marcel
8. Richard
9. Cornelis
10. Erik
11. Gerrit
12. Paul
13. Eric
14. Ronald
15. Johan
16. Mark

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Ingrid
5. Cornelia
6. Anna
7. Jolanda
8. Petra
9. Elisabeth
10. Sandra
11. Jacqueline
12. Karin
13. Catharina
14. Wilhelmina
15. Yvonne
16. Anita

• 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 12.5 million citizens.
• January 2 » Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.
• January 29 » The "ultimate high" of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
• July 24 » During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
• September 3 » Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
• November 29 » Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
• November 30 » The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.

The temperature on January 8, 1967 was between -12.1 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.