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• Maria Jacoba van der Horst, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andreas Schindler, Sigmaringen, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Duitsland († 2016)
• Leo PEELEN († 2017)
• Frayne Andrew Wiskus († 1970)
• Donna Christine Wolf, Detroit, Michigan
• Evert Artur Pauluszn. De Dreu († 1987)
• Evert Arthur de Dreu, Den Helder († 1987)
• Kelly Kay Shippy, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2023)
• Michael Thomas JOPSON, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 2016)

• Alberdina ten Klooster (85), Apeldoorn
• Antje Visser (77), het ziekenhuis 'Parkzicht' in den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baudina Groeneboom (75), Zeist
• Arend-Jan de Zoete (7), Den Haag(ZH)
• Antoon de Kruijk (55), Utrecht
• Adrianus Lambertus Becker (68)
• Aagje Commandeur (83), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Dorst (76), Essen (B)
• Bart Plieger (73), Ameide
• Rasenberg (79), Breda, Hollande

• 1966 » Jyrki Lumme, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1967 » Will Ferrell, American actor, comedian, and producer
• 1968 » Barry Sanders, American football player
• 1968 » Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player and manager
• 1968 » Larry Sanger, American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendium
• 1968 » Michael Searle, Australian rugby league player and businessman
• 1968 » Olga Souza, Brazilian singer and dancer
• 1968 » Robert Sherman, American songwriter and businessman
• 1969 » Jules De Martino, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1969 » Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netball player and sportscaster

• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1982 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)
• 1985 » Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

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.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
• December 11 » The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.
• December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
• December 25 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.

The temperature on July 16, 1968 was between 11.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.