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• James Leroy Hunt, Cheyenne, Wyoming († 1970)
• Johanna Maria van Geldorp, Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1976)
• Hendrika Petronella Wilhelmina Maria van der Horst, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anita Janet Buitenwerf, Groningen
• Konrad Henricus Gerardus Scholten, Raalte († 1972)
• Alexander Jan Adr Spuijbroek, Leidschendam († 1991)

• Catharina Louisa Wilhelmina Maria de Rooij (72), Tilburg (Brabant)
• David Stanley Hutchin (77), Butte Falls, Jackson, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Arend Wilke Buss (75), Leer
• Adriana Rottier (76), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Berend KAMPHUIS (75), Zwolle
• Adam Alberts Slottje (85), Glanerburg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Mooij (81), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carrie Damhof (86), Roseland, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Adam Alberts Slottje (85), Glanerbrug
• Cornelia ZIPPRO (56)

• 1965 » Will Perdue, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1966 » Jörn Großkopf, German footballer and manager
• 1967 » Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Neil Gorsuch, American judge
• 1968 » Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter
• 1969 » Jennifer Crittenden, American screenwriter and producer
• 1969 » Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
• 1969 » Lucero, Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host
• 1971 » Alex Griffin, English bass player
• 1971 » Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach

• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
• 1971 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1977 » Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
• 1977 » Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 » Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

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 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
• September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
• September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
• December 9 » Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).

The temperature on August 29, 1968 was between 16.5 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 17.7 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.