About the day » Monday December 16, 1968Calender converter

• Johanna Alida Wilhelmina Ammerlaan, Leiden
• Jari Dawn Todd ****, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Johanna Maria Hermsen, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Emilia de Fatima Americo, Itaiópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2021)
• Carla VLOEMANS, Merksem, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1979)
• Richard Leunen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1999)

• Barbara Margaretha Agatha Klasing (74), Nijmegen
• Albert Beuker (94)
• Agnes Van Hee (64)
• Aaltje (Alice) Annes Dijkstra (85), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antony Oosterlaar (85), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berendina Willemina Bruggeman (84)
• Barbara Maria Elisabeth Witzler (85), Rotterdam
• Adriana Antonia Joanna Maria VERBEEK (87), Steenbergen, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius Catharina BEKS (74), Eindhoven (NL/NB)
• Barbara Maria Elisabeth Witzler (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1967 » Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
• 1967 » Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
• 1967 » Miranda Otto, Australian actress
• 1968 » Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder († 2013)
• 1968 » Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1968 » Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
• 1969 » Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
• 1969 » Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
• 1969 » Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
• 1969 » Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager

• 1961 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1965 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
• 1969 » Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
• 1970 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1976 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
• 1977 » Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

• 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.
• March 16 » Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
• April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
• July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
• September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
• November 1 » The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
• December 24 » Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.

The temperature on December 16, 1968 was between 1.1 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.