About the day » Thursday November 21, 1968Calender converter

• Antonius Theodorus Johannes Regina van der Sangen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2002)
• Robert Jan Poelarends, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Günter SEGERS, Ninove,9400,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2010)

• Anna Christina van Essen (68), Bakel en Milheeze
• Adron Robinson Owens (74)
• Arie Hermanus Batenburg (75), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Grondel (73), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Gerrits van Dijk (76), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonij Eikenaar (70), Tilburg
• Andrew van Beek (80), Linton, Emmons County, North Dakota
• Anna Johannes Boonstra (57)
• Antonia Maria van Leeuwen (86), Eindhoven
• Adrianus Cornelius van Loon (74), Hoeilaart, Hoeilaart, Flemish Brabant, België

• 1966 » Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach
• 1966 » Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Amanda Lepore, American model and singer
• 1967 » Ken Block, American race car driver
• 1967 » Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist
• 1967 » Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
• 1968 » Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player
• 1968 » Andrew Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer
• 1968 » Antonio Tarver, American boxer, sportscaster, and actor
• 1969 » Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor

• 1962 » Frank Amyot, Canadian canoeist (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (b. 1905)
• 1967 » C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)
• 1970 » C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (b. 1890)
• 1974 » John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)

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 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
• May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
• July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
• 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.
• October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
• October 16 » Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on November 21, 1968 was between 2.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.