About the day » Friday February 9, 1968Calender converter

• Arnoldus Cornelis de Heer († 2020)
• Maurice Bakker, De Koog († 1968)
• Désirée Raymonda Véronique Thérése Hoppenbrouwer, 's-Gravenhage († 1968)
• Michelle Margaret Keenan, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Dorethea ALEBEEK, Kerkdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Claire de Saint Viance, Bayonne († 1968)
• Carl Robert Weber († 1978)

• Aafje Scholten (86), Amsterdam
• Albert Johannes Klinkhamer (76), Haarlem, Nederland
• Amadeus Joseph Gabriël Maria Vincent van Manca-Amat Graaf van Vallambrosa (87), Parijs
• Allen Clinton Keesee (77)
• Aaltje Uiterwijk Winkel (84), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amedee Joseph Gabriel Marie Manca-Amat de Vallombrosa (87), Paris
• Alberta Overmars (83)
• Albert Vedders (72)
• Ada May Shidaker (92), Long-Term Care, Logan, Ohio, United States
• Aaltje Uiterwijk Winkel (84), Hoogeveen

• 1965 » Dieter Baumann, German runner
• 1966 » Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Dan Shulman, Canadian sportscaster
• 1967 » Gaston Browne, Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister
• 1967 » Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
• 1968 » Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
• 1968 » Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver
• 1968 » Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress
• 1969 » Jimmy Smith, American football player
• 1970 » Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

• 1957 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)
• 1969 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
• 1976 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)

• 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 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• 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."
• May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
• September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
• December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
• December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

The temperature on February 9, 1968 was between 0.5 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.