About the day » Tuesday January 9, 1968Calender converter

• Carolien van Maaren, Rotterdam († 1972)
• Johan Francis Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht († 2020)
• Pascal Christian Alain Yves Collard, Sint-Truiden, België († 1991)
• johannes maria hendrikus (john) theunissen, venlo († 2024)
• Monica Hildegard van Rutten, Vlaardingen
• Patrick Jolyon Freericks, Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)
• Tracy Lynn Hefner, San Gabriel, Los Angels Co., California († 1968)
• Scott Henry Doorgeest, Thousand Oaks, California, Verenigde Staten
• Miranda LEESEN († 1968)
• Cornelia van den Brink, Barneveld

• Ayres John Huizinga (59)
• Alida Cornelia Francina Konings (79)
• Bernardus Kooijmans (76)
• Adriaantje Groot (83)
• Antonetta Pieternella Digna de Vos (66), Amsterdam
• Caetano Saboia de Albuquerque Figueiredo (65), Sobral, Ceara, Brasil
• Catharina Elisabeth Langereis (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christine Friederike van Heek (92), Enschede
• Adriana Dobbe (91), Alkemade
• Abelina Norder (52), Winschoten

• 1966 » Stephen Metcalfe, English politician
• 1967 » Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
• 1967 » Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1967 » Gary Teichmann, South African rugby player
• 1967 » Matt Bevin, American politician, 62nd governor of Kentucky
• 1968 » Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
• 1968 » Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach
• 1968 » Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• 1968 » Mardi Lunn, Australian golfer
• 1970 » Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1960 » Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1964 » Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
• 1972 » Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1975 » Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1975 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 » Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)

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.
• January 22 » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
• August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
• 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 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
• December 26 » The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.

The temperature on January 9, 1968 was between -8.9 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -6.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.