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• Walter Hubertus Jozef Boogaard, Den Burg († 1968)
• Marga Groot († 2004)
• Jelmer"Ido" Haanstra († 1979)
• Walter Boogaard, Texel († 1968)
• nn de Sterke, Ridderkerk († 1968)
• Walter Hubertus Jozef Boogaard, (Texel), Nederland († 1968)
• Doinisia Alfonsa Maria Roland Swanenvleugel, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• Alie Vos (52), Huizen
• Bertha Almira Countryman (81), Verenigde Statn
• Albert Munneke (78), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Frel de (88), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ale Pijlman (77), Grou, Idaarderadiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Angst (84), Groningen
• Antoon van Leeuwen (51), Vleuten-De Meern, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barteld Jurjen Krol (55), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Munneke (78), Nieuwe Pekela (NL)
• Anna Jacoba van Deursen (87), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1963 » Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater († 2001)
• 1963 » Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer
• 1964 » Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
• 1969 » Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson
• 1970 » Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
• 1970 » Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor
• 1972 » Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
• 1973 » Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican-American boxer
• 1973 » Glenn Robinson, American basketball player

• 1960 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)
• 1971 » Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1972 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (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.
• March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
• March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
• April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
• September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.

The temperature on January 10, 1968 was between -9.4 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.