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• Son of Baden († 1968)
• Mark A Ross, Contra Costa County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Bart de Quaasteniet, 's Gravenhage († 2009)
• Cornelis van der Plas, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Andrea Gedean Hewett, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1970)
• Angeliek Handels, Kerkrade (L
• Stephen Pizzo († 1977)
• Cornelis van der Plas, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Kurt Frans Schutijser, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2021)

• Andries Marie Bleuanus (37), Gorinchem
• Barbara BANUS MARIMON (81), Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, E
• Daniël Jans VAN DER MEULEN (66)
• Adrianus Nicolaas WINDEN,VAN (83), Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Marguerite Marie Thérèse Slegers (90), Tongres
• Albertus Johannes Van Laarhoven (87), Tilburg
• Cornelis Leonardus Adrianus Damen (63), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apollonia Maria Ammerlaan (71), Delft
• Cornelis Christianus van Loon (86), Breda
• Aaltje Nijk (85), Enschede

• 1966 » Dexter Fletcher, English actor and director
• 1966 » Thant Myint-U, Myanmar historian, diplomat, conservationist, and former presidential advisor.
• 1966 » Umar Alisha, Indian journalist and philanthropist
• 1967 » Fat Mike, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1968 » John Collins, Scottish footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1968 » Matt King, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Patrick Stevens, Belgian sprinter
• 1968 » Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician, 2nd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
• 1969 » Daniel Moder, American cinematographer
• 1969 » Dov Charney, Canadian-American fashion designer and businessman, founded American Apparel

• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Arthur Percival, English general (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1971 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (b. 1891)
• 1973 » Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Goldwyn Pictures (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)

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.
• February 24 » Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
• March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
• September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
• October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
• December 25 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.

The temperature on January 31, 1968 was between 5.6 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.