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• Felipe I, Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia
• Colette Yedema, Bolsward († 1990)
• Antoinette van Hensbergen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Mariëlla Francisca Antonetta Kamps, Milsbeek († 1978)
• Elizabeth Adriana Klaziena van Minderhout, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Sylvia Maria Antoinette Derksen, Arnhem, Ned

• Adriana Christina Sombroek (68), Delft,-
• Albert Hoogeveen (77), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ada Mae CHIBNALL (75), Corpus Christi,Nueces,Texas,ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE
• Anna Maria van Schaijk (68), Nijmegen, NL
• Albert Willem van Zeijst (80)
• Anna Maria Schaick (68), Nijmegen
• Alphonsus Meynckens (86), Schiedam
• Alice Marie Leon Reckelbus (74), Genk, Limburg, Belgium
• Alphonsus Meijnekens (86), Schiedam
• Stuart (80), Heerlen, Nederland

• 1962 » Abdullah II of Jordan
• 1964 » Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 1965 » Kevin Moore, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1966 » Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 » Felipe VI of Spain
• 1969 » Justin Skinner, English footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1971 » Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player
• 1972 » Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Jill McGill, American golfer
• 1973 » Jalen Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster

• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1966 » Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1974 » Olav Roots, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1977 » Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (b. 1883)

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.
• February 1 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
• February 17 » In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
• April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
• May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
• 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 14 » The 6.5 M_w  Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.

The temperature on January 30, 1968 was between 5.3 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.