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• Edwin Groenendijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Chantal Frieda Johan Rottier, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• mathilda (hilde) theelen, venlo
• Mireille Francois Lisette Bestevaar, Antwerpen († 1993)
• Olaf de Coene, Sluiskil,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriaan Joost van Ast, Zierikzee († 1968)
• Mario Gedanitz († 2011)
• antonius (twan) van der leeden, helden-panningen

• Arend Jans Bergstra (92)
• Aart van der Haar (81), Veenendaal
• Amy Elizabeth Anne Marshall (83)
• Adrianus Cornelis Johannes Matthee (63), s Gravenhage
• Alida Stolk (85), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje STAM (89), Oost-Knollendam (Wormer), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Mae Coleman Martin [Bu] (90), Butler, Bates County, Missouri
• Albertus Theodorus "Bart" Derksen (82)
• Bergstra (92)
• Aart Van De Haar (81), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1966 » John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 » Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
• 1967 » Charb, French journalist and cartoonist († 2015)
• 1967 » Darren Bewick, Australian footballer
• 1967 » Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• 1968 » Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter
• 1968 » Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer
• 1968 » Laura Trevelyan, English journalist and author
• 1969 » Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer
• 1969 » Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater

• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)

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.
• February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
• March 16 » Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
• April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
• September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
• December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
• December 21 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.

The temperature on August 21, 1968 was between 11.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.