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• Natalie Jane Loffler († 1967)
• Herman Koedijk, Stadskanaal († 1984)
• Vincent CASTELEYN, Brugge († 1994)
• Martinus Wilhelmus Maria van Rooij, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Sjoerd Wytzes Weijer († 1995)
• Theadora Rebel, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Robert Hugh Graf, Alameda, California, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Antonius Johannes Maria van Rooij, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Wendy Theodora Maria Bonouvrie, (UT) Utrecht († 2013)
• David Alexander Blokland, Nairobi (Kenia) († 2008)

• Berend Beerta (77), Veendam
• Albert Barelds (78)
• Christiaan Polderman (96), Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bouke Heijs (85), Groningen
• Aaltje Jansen (90)
• Anna Bosch (39), Rijswijk
• Adriaan Janse (85), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Anna Catharina Adriana Gruijters (87), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Stuart (86), Pannerden,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charlie E. Baugh [Wk 14] (66), Pulaski County, Kentucky

• 1966 » Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper Geto Boys († 2019)
• 1966 » Les Ferdinand, English footballer and coach
• 1966 » Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1966 » Tyler Mane, Canadian wrestler and actor
• 1967 » Andy Kapp, German curler
• 1967 » Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager
• 1967 » Jeff George, American football player
• 1967 » Junkie XL, Dutch songwriter, movie score composer and electronic artist
• 1967 » Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1968 » Mike Mussina, American baseball player and coach

• 1954 » Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)
• 1978 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)

• 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.
• April 28 » Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
• May 10 » The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.
• May 20 » The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• October 21 » The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
• November 2 » Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.

The temperature on December 8, 1967 was between -0.7 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.