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• Johnny Ray Olalde, Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, United States of America († 2016)
• Vera Isabella Kunz, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Margaretha (Marga) Don, Oostkapelle († 2019)
• Joost Berend Emons, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• doodgeboren Jaarsma, Scheveningen († 1968)

• Amadeus Eugenius van Nieulande (66), Kalken (BE)
• Anibal Rocha Nunes Pires (72), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Abraham de Ruijsscher (74), Oostburg
• Adriana Schaap (86), Den haag
• Anna Francisca Raphael RYCKMANS (76), Aarschot,3200,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Andreas van Brouchoven Graaf van Bergeyck (67)
• Albert Wezelman (82), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Geertruida Visscher (66), Groningen
• Anastasia Vermassen (73), Oombergen
• Arendje Vogelaar (61), Naarden

• 1966 » Scooter Barry, American basketball player
• 1966 » Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 » Dave Jamerson, American basketball player
• 1967 » Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player
• 1968 » Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1968 » Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach
• 1968 » Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1969 » Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
• 1970 » Elvis Grbac, American football player and coach
• 1970 » Will Clarke, American author

• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)
• 1978 » Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Tigran Petrosian, Georgian-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)

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. Patrick
14. John
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 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
• February 1 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
• March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
• May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
• November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
• November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.

The temperature on August 13, 1968 was between 10.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 20.6 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.