About the day » Saturday December 28, 1968Calender converter

• Michael Clarence Riddu
• Berend Jan van der Laan, Groningen
• John Nicolls, Young, NSW, AU († 1968)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Rientjes, Almelo († 2007)

• Anthonius Henricus Aloysius de Kuijer (72), Tilburg
• Anna Varkevisser (69), Katwijk
• Afra Maria Karsten (71), Nibbixwoud
• Adriana van den Hoven (77), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• A.maria Goijaerts (90), Schijndel
• Gerhard von Gottberg (71), Himmelpforten (DL)
• Adriana van den Hoven (77), Dongen
• Arend Rensinus Nijenhuis (51), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Arjens Jeltema (84)
• Barbe Louckx (88), Sint Genesius Rode

• 1965 » Allar Levandi, Estonian skier
• 1967 » Chris Ware, American illustrator
• 1968 » Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut
• 1969 » Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel
• 1970 » Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player
• 1970 » Elaine Hendrix, American actress
• 1970 » James Jett, American sprinter and football player
• 1971 » Anita Doth, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
• 1971 » Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer and manager

• 1959 » Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1968 » David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1983 » William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)

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 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
• July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
• October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
• November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
• November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
• December 22 » Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."

The temperature on December 28, 1968 was between -5.5 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.