About the day » Thursday November 7, 1968Calender converter

• Astrid Loonstra, Deventer
• Murielle Marsoul, Waremme († 2013)
• Adrianus Johannes Borrenbergs, Luyksgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Patricia Geertruda Henderika Half, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Anite Bosman († 1968)
• Bernarda Lamberink († 2013)

• Catharina Schipper(s) (81), Kalamazoo, MI
• Anite Bosman (0)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Theresia Sommer (80), Bocholtz, Limburg, Nederland
• Caroline Elizabeth Neyhart (70), Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Oosten (68), Delfzijl,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna maria Hubertina Theresia Sommer (80), Bocholtz, Simpelveld
• Anne Schepers (47)
• Arie Cornelis Ham (73), Haarlem
• Alberdina Piek, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Jennie de GRAAFF (79)

• 1966 » Calvin Borel, American jockey
• 1967 » David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter
• 1967 » Hikaru Ijūin, Japanese radio host
• 1967 » Rafael Herbert Reyes, Dominican wrestler
• 1967 » Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1967 » Steve DiGiorgio, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1968 » Russ Springer, American baseball player
• 1969 » Hélène Grimaud, French pianist
• 1969 » Michel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
• 1969 » Michelle Clunie, American actress

• 1959 » Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)
• 1962 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1966 » Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)
• 1967 » John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)
• 1968 » Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Eric Linklater, Welsh-Scottish author and academic (b. 1899)
• 1975 » Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (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. John
14. Patrick
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.
• February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
• June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
• July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
• July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
• October 20 » Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

The temperature on November 7, 1968 was between 1.4 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.