About the day » Thursday October 10, 1968Calender converter

• John EVERS, Melbourne († 1968)
• Marion van Boven, Haren
• Leendert Frank Graziuso, Alblasserdam († 2017)
• Jörg Albrecht, Frankfurt am Main,60308,Frankfurt am Main,Hessen,Duitsland
• Gunther Pauwels, Temse († 1998)
• Gerardus Adrianus Antonius de Vet, Goirle († 1969)
• Wim Develter, Brugge
• Jantje van der Heide, Terschelling-Formerum, Nederland
• Diana Booi, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Von (Yvonne Gertruda de Koning, Venlo

• Catherine Ellen RICHARDS (91), Aldersgate, Felixton, South Australia, Australie
• Berend Koele (76), Oldebroek
• Berend Koele (76), Vorchten gem. Heerde, NL
• Agnes Leonora Harvey Jakobsen (71), Øren, Lappelv, Sørfold, Nordland
• Clara Mae Disbrow (83), Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Aagje Zwenne (83), Zaandam, Nederland
• Clarence Earl Mcdonald (74)
• Arnold Hubert Expeditus Mobers (64), Kerkrade, Lim, Nederland
• Berend Bomhof (85)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van der Schoot (64), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1967 » Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California
• 1967 » Jacek Zieliński, Polish footballer and coach
• 1967 » Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian
• 1967 » Michael Giacchino, American composer
• 1967 » Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer
• 1968 » Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist
• 1968 » Chris Ofili, British painter
• 1968 » Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1968 » Marinos Ouzounidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1969 » Manu Bennett, New Zealand-Australian actor

• 1962 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
• 1963 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (b. 1884)
• 1971 » John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)

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.
• January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
• November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
• November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
• 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 October 10, 1968 was between 10.5 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.