About the day » Tuesday November 5, 1968Calender converter

• Michelle Dawn Thompson, Aurora, Kane, Illinois (USA) († 2012)
• Ronald Kemink, Grand Rapids († 2012)
• Koendert Veen, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)
• Sigrid Irma Lolkema († 2014)
• monique hanssen, tegelen
• Koen Veen († 2008)
• Jan Hendrik Temminck († 2009)
• sylvia hanssen, tegelen
• Roeland KRIJNEN, Purmerend

• Alice Bryant Hunt Doles [KB 78 Bu] (99), Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
• Alphonsus VERMEULEN (66), Bergen op Zoom (N-B)
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• Adriaan van der Voet (65), Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States
• Benina D. Delagarza (86), Bogalusa, Washington, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna Maria van den Boomen (56), Deurne
• Albertus Sattler (57)
• Arie Jurg (70), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anneke Willems Westra (77), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Kramer (77), Noordoostpolder

• 1965 » Atul Gawande, American surgeon and journalist
• 1966 » James Allen, English journalist and sportscaster
• 1966 » Nayim, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1966 » Urmas Kirs, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1967 » Judy Reyes, American actress and producer
• 1967 » Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
• 1968 » Ricardo Fort, Argentinian actor, director, and businessman († 2013)
• 1968 » Sam Rockwell, American actor
• 1969 » Pat Kilbane, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Javy López, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

• 1960 » Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (b. 1895)
• 1960 » Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (b. 1916)
• 1964 » Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (b. 1905)

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.
• February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• March 7 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
• August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• October 16 » Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
• November 22 » The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
• December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.

The temperature on November 5, 1968 was between 2.4 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.