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• Johanna Dekkers, Eindhoven († 1969)
• Mark William (Mark) Peetsma, Simcoe (Ontario Canada)
• Luc Hoefnagels
• Marjon Leonora van der Kaa, Abeokuta
• NN Eggink, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 1968)
• Monique Adriana Johanna Kleine, Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Hélène Mettrop, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adrianus van Vessem (67), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• barijnje Kwak (102), Brielle
• Aaltje Putter (78), Avereest
• August Hanewacker (73), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur Feuillen Gillain Verheggen (67), Franière (Floreffe), Namen, België
• Agnès MINNE (73), Gent, 44021, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Anna Kramer (74)
• Antonius Adrianus Burgerhof (64), 's Gravenhage
• Albert, Eugène lefebvre (77), Sotteville-Lès-Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
• Adriaan Louwerse (66), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL

• 1965 » Gong Li, Chinese actress
• 1965 » Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist and author
• 1965 » Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster
• 1967 » Paul McGregor, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1968 » Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Junot Diaz, Dominican-born American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1970 » Bryon Russell, American basketball player
• 1970 » Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish architect and sailor
• 1970 » Danny McNamara, English singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Jorge Alberto da Costa Silva, Brazilian footballer

• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)

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.
• 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.
• March 6 » Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• December 9 » Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
• December 10 » Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
• December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.

The temperature on December 31, 1968 was between -8.8 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.