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• Bea de Haan, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1969)
• Bernardus Johannes Maria (Benno) Kokxhoorn († 2022)
• Jeroen Wilhelm van Doormalen, Tilburg
• Elizabeth de Haan, Tiel († 1969)
• Jacob de Haan, Tiel
• Jan Huisjes, Hardenberg († 1968)
• Magda Vanherf, Hasselt, België († 2011)
• Jeroen Wilhelmus van Doormalen, Tilburg

• Anatole Alphonse Haes (59), Ieper,8900,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adrianus Stam (88), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina_Wilhelmina Hachtman (84), Den Haag
• Alida Schilder (74)
• Arrie Ellen Parker (70), Laurel, Kentucky, United States
• Arend Eggers (77), Rotterdam
• "Louis" Marie Joseph de Séré (71), Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
• Anne, Marie, Catharine Vande Capelle (92), Linkebeek
• Clara Gerarda Wolvers (75), Waubach
• Cornelis Nicolaas Jansen van Rosendaal (60), Oostburg Gem. Sluis Zeeuws-Vlaanderen Zeeland Nederland

• 1966 » Carl Hooper, Guyanese cricketer and coach
• 1966 » Molly Price, American actress
• 1967 » David Howells, English footballer and coach
• 1967 » Mo Vaughn, American baseball player
• 1968 » Garrett Wang, American actor
• 1969 » Adam Setliff, American discus thrower and lawyer
• 1969 » Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair racer and senator
• 1969 » Ralph Ineson, English actor
• 1970 » Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
• 1970 » Lawrence Funderburke, American basketball player

• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Karl Theodor Bleek, German lawyer and politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)

• 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 7 » Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
• February 17 » In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
• March 31 » American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
• August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
• October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
• November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on December 15, 1968 was between -6.3 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.