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• Donovan Delano Fung-Loy, Paramaribo Suriname († 2017)
• Anthony Clark Lenz, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States of America († 1996)
• Marco Kemmeren († 2018)
• Kresel, Julienne, Michel Macharis, Ekeren († 1987)
• Wouterina Geertruida Kortleve, Zeist († 1968)
• Carlo Peverelli
• Jan Dros, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 2012)
• James William Beemsterboer, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States († 2005)
• Jan Dros, Oosterend († 2012)
• Jantina van Dijk, Hardenberg († 1968)

• Eike Vast (90)
• Cristoffer Broens, Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Wieman (75), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bennie Knox (85)
• Christina Timans (68), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Elisabet Reinders (77), Deventer
• Carel Gerard Blijdenstein (71), Bussem
• Cornelius Streutjens (71), Schinveld
• Aaltje Wieman (75), Hilversum
• Egbert Volgers (81), Enkhuizen

• 1967 » Charles Walker, English politician
• 1967 » Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host
• 1967 » Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality
• 1967 » Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea († 2013)
• 1968 » Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
• 1968 » Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter
• 1969 » Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1969 » Stefano Cagol, Italian photographer and director
• 1970 » Taraji P. Henson, American actress
• 1970 » William Joppy, American boxer and coach

• 1959 » Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1964 » Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904)
• 1968 » René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
• 1973 » Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)

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. Elisabeth
9. Esther
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.
• March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
• April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
• August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
• October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
• October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
• December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.

The temperature on September 11, 1968 was between 13.6 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.