About the day » Thursday December 12, 1968Calender converter

• Andre van Loon († 1969)
• Desiree de Jong, Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• robbie wilms, eijgelshoven
• Johannes Melenboer († 1999)

• Angenita Snethlage (75), Bilthoven, Zeist, Holland
• Adriana Randewijk (85), Beersdal (Heerlen)
• Bernhard Veltrup (68), Grosz Fullen
• Adrianus Paulissen (85), Goirle
• Anna Barbara Hubertina Schijns (78), Lemiers
• Angenita Snethlage (75), De Bilt
• Alexandre Clément Louis Marie Tournedouët (74), Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
• Anna Maria Chrisman (80), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aagje Jacoba (Arigje) van der Velden (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alberta Adriana Verhasselt (84), Utrecht

• 1967 » John Randle, American football player
• 1967 » Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer and producer
• 1968 » Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer († 2002)
• 1968 » Rory Kennedy, American director and producer
• 1968 » Sašo Udovič, Slovenian footballer
• 1968 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Fiona May, English-Italian long jumper
• 1969 » Michael Möllenbeck, German discus thrower
• 1969 » Sophie Kinsella, English author and educator
• 1969 » Wilfred Kirochi, Kenyan runner

• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1964 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)
• 1966 » Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 » Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
• 1970 » George Terwilliger, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1971 » David Sarnoff, Belarusian-American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and linguist (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Richard Baggallay, English colonel and cricketer (b. 1884)

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. Elisabeth
9. Esther
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 21 » A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
• February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
• September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
• October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
• December 11 » The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.

The temperature on December 12, 1968 was between -11.0 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -8.0 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.