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• Gea Scholing, Hoogeveen († 1968)
• NN Hobers, Nieuw-Amsterdam († 1968)
• Dorothea Josefina Maria Manders, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1968)
• Infant Todd ? *****, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Esther Maria Cornelia (Isaney) van Hall, Veldhoven
• Jeroen Hoogland, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• Jeroen Hoogland, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1996)
• robertus naus, helden-beringe
• Ellen Maria (Ellen) Voortman, Enschede, 7500, Nederland († 2006)
• David Eugene Pipher Jr, Endicott, Broome, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2015)

• Albert Bee (82), Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa
• Christine (Chrissie) McKay (75), Scotland
• Arie Jan Kreuk (71), Ijsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allen Reuben Eeles (70), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Arie KIELE (81), Den Haag
• Aalt Braambosch (82), Hulshorst
• Adrianus de Groot (77), Middenmeer
• Albert August Janssen (52), Des Moines, Ia
• Benson Leroy Cook (58), Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
• Anna Catharina Peek (80), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1964 » Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor († 2009)
• 1965 » Micky Ward, American boxer
• 1965 » Olaf Backasch, German footballer
• 1965 » Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1965 » Steve Olin, American baseball player († 1993)
• 1967 » Liev Schreiber, American actor and director
• 1967 » Nick Green, Australian rower
• 1968 » Richard Hancox, English footballer and manager
• 1968 » Tim Wise, American activist and author
• 1971 » Darren Middleton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
• 1977 » José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1918)
• 1981 » Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)

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. John
14. Patrick
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. Karin
12. Jolanda
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.
• March 31 » American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
• 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.
• September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
• October 2 » Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
• November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.

The temperature on October 4, 1968 was between 15.0 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.