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• Johanna Baartmans, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• John Salet, Tiel († 1977)
• Leon Hugo cremers, heerlen († 1985)
• Ellen Frederika Johanna Heuthorst, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hugo Leon Helena Cremers, Heerlen († 1985)
• Gerrit Prophitius, Harderwijk († 1977)
• Stephan Albers, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Michael Wade Blocker, Missouri ql († 1968)
• Mort Né CALPÉTARD, Saint-Louis,97421,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1968)
• Michael Lehmann, Koblenz, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1994)

• Anthonus Jacobus Swaerts (78), het St. Lidwina ziekenhuis in den Helder
• Antonius Everardus Maria van den Brekel (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Anne Doeves (74), Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Willemse (84), Ottersum
• Bernardus Gerhardus Johannes Nijhof (73), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Clarence Esau Foland Sr (83), Springfield, Clark, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antoon Jogchems de Jong (69)
• Arland B Marchant (85), Tappahannock, Essex, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Antoon de Jong (69)
• Bernardus Gerardus Johannes Nijhof (73), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland

• 1964 » Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
• 1966 » Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater and pilot
• 1966 » Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
• 1968 » Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach
• 1969 » Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier
• 1969 » Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player and journalist
• 1970 » Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer
• 1970 » Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist († 2004)
• 1970 » Shonda Rhimes, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer and sportscaster

• 1958 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (b. 1919)
• 1963 » Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese businessman and politician, President of Togo (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Anatole de Grunwald, Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Robert Still, English composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Turkish screenwriter and producer (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1906)
• 1974 » Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
• 1977 » Henri Langlois, Turkish-French historian, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)

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.
• January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
• 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.
• April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
• July 23 » The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
• August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
• September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.

The temperature on January 13, 1968 was between -16.8 °C and -4.2 °C and averaged -10.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.