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• Hendrik (Henno) Macdaniel, Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ferdinand van der Sleen, Nieuwlande, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Evelyn Beth Berkompas († 1969)
• Arie Macdaniel, Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Norman DRAGT, Riverside, Riverside County, Californië, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Nicola Jane Davies († 2020)

• Anna Denoual (72), Irodouer (35)
• Burnis Elmer Todd **** (57), Cherokee, Colbert, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Aalltje Kuiper (98), Wolvega Weststellingwerf
• Anneke van Overbeek (92), Den Haag
• Anna Barlage (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Deurloo (75), Beekbergen
• Anneke van Overbeek (92), Den Haag
• Anna Verstraaten (84), Leiden
• Aart Cornelis van Dieden (93), Ommeren (Lienden) (GL)
• Anna Maria Josephina Bloemers (63), Belfeld

• 1966 » Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer († 2002)
• 1966 » Gary Dourdan, American actor
• 1967 » Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Mo'Nique, American comedian, actress, and producer
• 1967 » Peter Kelamis, Australian voice actor
• 1968 » Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer and manager
• 1969 » Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer and manager
• 1969 » Max Martini, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 1969 » Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player

• 1959 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1900)
• 1964 » Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 1966 » Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (b. 1881)
• 1968 » Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Nihal Atsız, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

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 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
• November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
• November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.
• December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
• December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
• December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.

The temperature on December 11, 1968 was between -8.0 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.