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• Mariette Flaton, Den Haag († 1968)
• Wilhelm Lörcks († 2000)
• Francina Hendrika van Hout, Helmond, Noord-Brabant († 2016)
• Lola Jean van der Werff, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 1968)
• Gerharda Johanna Helder, Kootstertille, Friesland, Nederland († 2022)
• Bryan ten Berge
• Ronald Emile Joannes Maria Molhuysen, Amsterdam
• Martijn Faneyte, Amsterdam

• Adriana Cornelia Maria Broos (86), Heerlen
• Adriana Maatje Overhoff (77), Vlissingen
• Dingeman Leendert Bienefelt (63), Zierikzee
• Cornelia E de Visser (69), Seattle, King County, Washington
• Berend Ossel (70), Sittard
• Anna Adriana van Deyck (79), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Maria Lepelaars (79), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Charles James Greenwood STEWART (65), Melville, West Australia
• August de VOCHT (84), Duffel,, Antwerpen, België
• Bernhard Ulrich Andreas Lodewijk VAN BOTHMER (79), Hitzacker Lower Saxony Germany

• 1966 » Kentaro Miura, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1966 » Nadeem Aslam, Pakistani-English author
• 1966 » Ricky Warwick, Northern Irish musician
• 1966 » Rod Strickland, American basketball player and coach
• 1967 » Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Jhumpa Lahiri, Indian American novelist and short story writer
• 1968 » Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter († 2008)
• 1968 » Esera Tuaolo, American football player
• 1968 » Michael Geist, Canadian journalist and academic
• 1969 » Ned Boulting, British sports journalist and television presenter

• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)

• 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 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
• March 6 » Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
• September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
• October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
• October 14 » The 6.5 M_w  Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.
• October 16 » Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.

The temperature on July 11, 1968 was between 11.4 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.