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• Miranda Haring
• Theodorus Houkes, Millingen aan de Rijn, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Lena Mijnsbergen, Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• Anje Ganzeveld (62), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonius Gustavus Dierckx (79), Baelen, België
• Charles Isaac Carter (75), Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Reinen Wilschut (60), Utrecht
• Antje van Donselaar (72), Roden
• Adolf De Smijter (90), Kruishoutem, Belgium
• (Johannes) Gustaaf Tournel (75), Alken
• Anna Elisabeth Deuss (70)
• Alwine Kehmeier (74)
• Anje Ganzeveld (62)

• 1966 » Dennis Byrd, American football player († 2016)
• 1966 » Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee
• 1966 » Sean M. Carroll, American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
• 1966 » Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
• 1967 » Dorian West, Welsh-English rugby player
• 1967 » Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor
• 1967 » Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player († 1997)
• 1970 » Josie Bissett, American actress
• 1970 » Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach

• 1950 » Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)

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 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
• 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.
• February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
• 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 5, 1968 was between 10.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.