About the day » Wednesday October 16, 1968Calender converter

• Karin Zonneveld, Castricum († 1997)
• Kendall Lee Mulder
• Caroline Theresia Maria Ruijfrok († 1968)
• Karin Zonneveld, Castricum († 1997)
• Shane Anthony Vincek, Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten

• Dirk Berends Bergkamp (46), Zwolle, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Opsteen (71), De Beemster
• Bertha Maria TEMMERMAN (75), Sint-Niklaas
• Antje Brouwer (87), Utrecht
• Anje Dijkema (82), Nuis, Marum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie van Duijn (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josephina van der Loo (68), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Dirk Bergkamp (46), Zwolle
• Cornelia Snel (43)
• Aafke Reenders Reenders (79), Warffum

• 1967 » Davina McCall, English television host and actress
• 1967 » Michael Laffy, Australian footballer
• 1968 » Elsa Zylberstein, French actress
• 1968 » Francesco Libetta, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1968 » Mark Lee, Singaporean actor and singer
• 1968 » Randall Batinkoff, American actor and producer
• 1968 » Todd Stashwick, American actor and writer
• 1969 » Roy Hargrove, American trumpet player and composer († 2018)
• 1969 » Takao Omori, Japanese wrestler
• 1969 » Terri J. Vaughn, American actress and producer

• 1962 » Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1966 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1972 » Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1973 » Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885)

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 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
• May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
• 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.
• November 17 » Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
• 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 16, 1968 was between 7.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.