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• Kathy Ann Carpenter († 1998)
• Ronny Devulder, Roeselare († 2021)
• Jan Mulder († 1970)
• Anne Marie Janssen († 2001)
• Janna Maria Dorgelo († 2018)
• Sandra Leigh Lynch, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Jan Winter († 1969)
• Sylvia De Witt, Okahandja, Namibia († 2003)
• Hanneke Zuidema, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Anna den Hoed (80), Ridderkerk
• Albertus Roelof PLOEG (82)
• Anna Florence SETZER (80), Franklin Macon County North Carolina U.S.A
• Aukina Alida van Julsingha (78), Groningen
• Berendje Huisman (84)
• aaltje de RAAD (85)
• Arendje Huisman (82)
• Berendje Huisman (84), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Josephus van de Lisdonk (70), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Annie Alma Barnette Neal (76), Kemper, Mississippi, United States

• 1966 » David Vann, American novelist and short story writer
• 1966 » Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
• 1966 » Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist
• 1967 » Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor
• 1967 » Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1968 » Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1969 » Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager
• 1969 » John Edward, American psychic and author
• 1969 » Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter

• 1956 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
• 1960 » George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)
• 1964 » Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1969 » Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)

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 22 » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
• January 30 » Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
• October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.

The temperature on October 19, 1968 was between 4.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.