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• Marcel Bindt, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Kirsten Maria Erinkveld, Angerlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Patricia Carolina Maria van den Beucken, Belfeld († 1995)
• Gezinus Willems († 2015)
• Hendrik Lucas Faber, Groningen († 2017)
• Kirsten Maria Erinkveld, Angerlo, Nederland († 1969)
• Coletta Collée, (Den Helder) († 1996)
• Egbert Huijbregts, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Seine Lenters († 2023)

• Antonius Karel Kamerman(s) (74), Utrecht (UTR) The Netherlands
• Annetje van Hennik (91), Vlaardingen
• Aaltje van der Velde (66)
• Anna Margaretha Kuijvenhoven (81)
• Boudewijn de Ridder (52), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van Zandwijk (52), Oudewater {UT}
• Anne Seekles (54), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Bert Donkers (81), Wyoming
• Christina Hermans (52), Breda
• Albert Hoving (79), Oosterhesselen,Drenthe,Niederlande

• 1966 » Art Barr, American wrestler († 1994)
• 1967 » Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1967 » Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan television host and actress
• 1968 » Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer
• 1968 » CL Smooth, American rapper and producer
• 1968 » Emily Procter, American actress
• 1968 » Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ
• 1968 » Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 » Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Jeremy Davies, American actor

• 1955 » Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)

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 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
• March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
• May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
• September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
• September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
• October 16 » Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on October 8, 1968 was between 6.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.