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• Bruno SINNEMA, France († 2005)
• Hans Spierings, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Armin Heiko Georg Kathmann, Nürnberg, Germany († 1969)
• Diana van Zuijlekom, Rotterdam
• Barbara Maria de Bruin, Utrecht († 2014)
• Jeane Bernadet (Journey) GRAHAM, Paramaribo (Suriname)
• Teya Elliott Leyland, Crosby (GB)
• Quinn Ryan Berglund, of Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States († 2010)
• Mirjam van Horssen († 1974)
• Marinus Herman Schoneveld, Goor (O) († 1985)

• Bennie Hatchet*** (57), Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America
• Arbeno Maria Graaf van Attems-Heiligenkreuz (70), Aiello-del-Friuli, Frioul-Julisch Venetië
• Barbara Brouwer (87), Sioux County, Iowa
• Arendje Plugge (72), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Meems (66), Veendam Groningen Nederland
• Bernardina Hek (72), Groenlo (gl)
• Catharina Johanna Maria van Aart (53), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Johanna van Benthem (62), Anthee(Belgie)
• Aaltje Stegenga (74), Sexbierum
• Agnes Johanna Frederika Gupffert (87), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1967 » Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
• 1967 » Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler († 2005)
• 1967 » Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
• 1968 » Anbumani Ramadoss, Indian politician
• 1969 » Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1969 » Darren Britt, Australian rugby league player
• 1969 » Giles Martin, English songwriter and producer
• 1969 » Guto Bebb, Welsh businessman and politician
• 1969 » PJ Harvey, English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer
• 1969 » Simon Fairweather, Australian archer

• 1962 » Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1967 » André Maurois, French soldier and author (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1967 » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Don Hoak, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 1972 » Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (b. 1910)
• 1976 » Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894)

• 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 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
• August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
• August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• October 16 » Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
• October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
• 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 9, 1968 was between 9.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.