About the day » Thursday October 24, 1968Calender converter

• Tanya Susanne van Dissel, Woking, Surrey, Groot Brittanië
• Segolene Geraldine Marie Mauduit, Frankreich, Bellefontaine, Manche, Basse-Normandie, Frankreich († 2017)
• Sabine VERSTAEN, Waregem, West-Vlaanderen (BE) († 1971)
• Patrick Martinus Pieter Atteveld, Gouda Zuid-Holland Nederland († 2002)
• Bernarda Meppelink († 2021)
• Derek Alan Lavies, Brevard,Florida († 1982)
• Sandra Key Wielenga, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2019)

• Adriana Kruijswijk (118), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia de Pater (78), Leiderdorp
• Alphonse Willem BERTRAND (85), Neerharen (Limburg) (B)
• Clarence Alvin Green (77), Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri, United States
• Adriana Huurman (87), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Bijl (56), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Koehorst (80), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Karla Hüppeden (75), Bilthoven UTR
• Antonie Stelling Stelling (66), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Theodora Schimmel (65), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1966 » Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
• 1967 » Esther McVey, English television host and politician
• 1967 » Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1967 » Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
• 1967 » Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
• 1968 » Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
• 1968 » Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
• 1968 » Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
• 1969 » Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
• 1969 » Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author

• 1964 » Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 1965 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1966 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
• 1972 » Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1972 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 1974 » David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)

• 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 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
• 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.
• December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

The temperature on October 24, 1968 was between 4.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.