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• Darrell Lee IWEMA, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2015)
• Etje Margretha Hillegonda Ploeg († 1999)
• Jan Voogt
• Gideon Igmar Wulff

• Catharina Everdina van der Weijden (76), 's Gravenhage
• Adrianus Snijders (68), Zevenbergschen Hoek
• Annechien Jonkman (80)
• Christina Veenstra (62), Amsterdam
• Pieter Bakx (89), Steenbergen
• Anna Ruedi (67)
• Catharina Everdina van der Weijden (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbarus Adrianus VERMEULEN (71), 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Clémence Baudry (88), Noyelles Godault, 62950, Pas de Calais, FRANCE
• Arie Toor (86), Cothen

• 1964 » Dave Brailsford, English cyclist and coach
• 1964 » Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host
• 1968 » Bryce Paup, American football player and coach
• 1968 » Chucky Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 1968 » Eugene Volokh, Ukrainian-American lawyer and educator
• 1968 » Frank Woodley, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Gareth Farr, New Zealand composer and percussionist
• 1968 » Howard Tayler, American author and illustrator
• 1968 » Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress and model
• 1968 » Pete Fenson, American curler and sportscaster

• 1948 » Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
• 1952 » Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Lena Blackburne, American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Tom Davies, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
• 1976 » Florence P. Dwyer, American politician (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Ludwik Starski, Polish screenwriter and songwriter (b. 1903)

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 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
• March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
• April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
• June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
• July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
• December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

The average temperature on February 29, 1968 was -1.1 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.