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• Thomas O'Brien Woodrich, Coeur d'Alene, ID, VS († 2024)
• Renata Kathmann, Germany († 2012)
• Maarten Willem Tutuarima, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Nederland († 1968)
• Albert Ray Haken († 1968)
• N.N. Kooijman, Stadskanaal (Gem. Onstwedde) († 1968)
• Monique Ingen van, Wageningen

• Bart Plieger (73), Ameide (Vijfheerenlanden), Utrecht, Nederland
• Clasina Teuna Bückmann (84), Naarden
• Alvord Vernette Durwood Verley (46), Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Christianus Theodorus Meiland (66), Noordwijkerhout
• Ferdinand Storz (76), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Lourens Bosch (85), 's-Gravenhage,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Vaartjes (90), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anton Dirk Koene (69), 's-Gravenhage
• Ferdinand Chauvigny de Blot, de (42), Rotterdam
• Elizabeth (Lizzie) Schumacher (90), Brown, Minnesota

• 1964 » Heather Langenkamp, American actress and producer
• 1965 » Alex Winter, English-American actor, film director and screenwriter
• 1965 » Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 » Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1966 » Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence
• 1969 » Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
• 1969 » Scott Johnson, American cartoonist
• 1971 » Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1971 » Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
• 1971 » Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist

• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)

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 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 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
• July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
• November 1 » The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
• November 22 » The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
• December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

The temperature on July 17, 1968 was between 8.7 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.