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• Pascalle Edith Krancher, Zaandijk († 1990)
• Jacob Bart Sepers, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Vincentius Hendrik Johannes Kokenberg, Borne († 2012)
• Kelly Loftus († 2010)
• Marco Kuijs, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Ronald Bruyn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hubertus Theodorus Jong, Hoorn († 1972)
• Milko Boelen, Huissen († 2003)
• James Karl Slumpff
• Alice Janeen Peters, Amarillo, Texas († 1994)

• Christina Buijs (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aïda Tessers (78), Oss
• Agatha Anna Blans (82), Gemeente Amersfoort, Nederland
• Abel Tulp (68), Harvey, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje Tijdeman (80), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Addie Florence Craft (69), Clifton Forge, Alleghany, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Bertus Dik (74)
• Christina Eleanor Tasker (68), Moera, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
• Alida Hendrika Vermijn (75), Wamel (NL)
• Cornelia Wagtendonk van (94), Den Haag

• 1965 » Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
• 1966 » Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter
• 1967 » Michael Healy-Rae, Irish politician
• 1968 » Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance
• 1968 » Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer
• 1969 » Manny Acta, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster
• 1970 » Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Ken Ueno, American composer
• 1970 » Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
• 1970 » Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor

• 1958 » Alec Rowley, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1961 » Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1966 » Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
• 1966 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
• 1968 » Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
• 1969 » Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1975 » Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)

• 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 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• February 24 » Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
• April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
• October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.

The temperature on January 11, 1968 was between -7.6 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.