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• Paul Nuijten, Bergen op Zoom, Ziekenhuis Lievensberg († 1968)
• Cory Mitchel Kunerth
• Johanna Alberta (Anneke) Wagelaar, Apeldoorn († 2009)
• Pascal Everaert, Sint Niklaas († 1986)
• Michael Douglas Varney, Buckeye, Maricopa Co., Arizona, United States († 1994)
• Coen Maria SMITHUIS, Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Kevin Craig HOGG, Johannesburg
• Hilde Vastenavondt, Asse, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Maria Theresia Elisabeth Mentink, Sittard († 2022)
• N.N. Hoitinga, Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Fryslân, Nederland († 1968)

• Carolina Rosalia De Mulder (87), Moerzeke,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Aloijsius Laurentius de WIT (83), Eindhoven
• Arthur James Travis (42), Utica, Oneida County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Charles James RUTTER (80), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Antonius Adrianus Verhoeven (53), Dongen
• Adam Edward Wolf (70), Stearns, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje de Ruig (68), Baarn, Nederland
• arie BAKKER (90), opijnen
• Christianus Heesemans (83), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Bellaart (93)

• 1967 » Carlos Mencia, Honduran-American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Oona King, Baroness King of Bow, English academic and politician
• 1967 » Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
• 1967 » Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
• 1967 » Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier († 1994)
• 1968 » Jay Johnston, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Shaggy, Jamaican singer-songwriter and DJ
• 1968 » Shelby Lynne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 » Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 » Stephanie Cutter, American lawyer and political consultant

• 1954 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Muriel George, English singer and actress (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
• 1972 » James K. Baxter, New Zealand poet, writer, theologian, and social commentator. (b. 1926)
• 1973 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1979 » Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and author (b. 1914)
• 1979 » Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (b. 1887)

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.
• March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
• August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
• October 14 » The 6.5 M_w  Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.
• November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
• November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
• December 24 » Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.

The temperature on October 22, 1968 was between 4.5 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.