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• Crystal Lynne Mellott († 2005)
• Herman Arjan Gerrit Roerink, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1969)
• Laura Marie Moisand
• henricus louis lodewijk giovani (henri) bos, helden-koningslust
• Catherin Vilain
• Dirk van der Plas, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Fernando Taype Castañeda, Peru († 2021)
• Ward Gustaaf Michiel Hardeman († 2006)
• Adrianus Ceasar SMITHUIS, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Cornelia Johanna van der Togt (81), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christiaan van der Steen (82), Leiden
• Bernardina Theodora Menning (57), Doesburg
• Antje Margaretha Trap (74), Utrecht
• Antonius Christoffel Leeman (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jan Koese (54), Stellendam, NL
• Anna Hendrika Steneker (60), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Johanna VAN DER TOGT (81), Peize Drenthe Netherlands
• Adrianus Wens (82), Baarle-Hertog, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Brechtje Hokkeling (88), Wijdenes, Nederland

• 1966 » Russell Watson, English tenor and actor
• 1967 » Cal Eldred, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Henrik Brockmann, Danish singer-songwriter
• 1967 » Jon Hein, American radio personality
• 1968 » Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1969 » David Adeang, Nauruan lawyer and politician
• 1969 » Rob Nicholson, American bass player and songwriter
• 1969 » Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1970 » Doug Brien, American football player
• 1970 » Julieta Venegas, American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1956 » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1959 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
• 1965 » Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1895)
• 1968 » D. A. Levy, American poet and publisher (b. 1942)
• 1973 » John Neihardt, American author and poet (b. 1881)

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.
• April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• 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.
• April 29 » The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
• 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.

The temperature on November 24, 1968 was between 5.9 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.