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• Jan Hendrik Ruth Hobo, Herwijnen († 2021)
• Sharen Lee Hoek, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia († 1993)
• Lentz, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1968)
• Berlinda Ponsen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Hobers, Werlte († 2014)
• Josette De Groot, Ridderkerk
• Richard HEIMANS, Nijmegen († 2008)

• Arie Klop (62), Hardinxveld Giessendam (NL)
• Aukje van Meurs (61), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Benjamin Franklin "Bean" Peek (82), Fortuna, Humboldt County, California, Verenigde Staten
• (70), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Ben Kneppe (63), Aplington, Butler County, Iowa
• Cor Zonneveld (53), Leiden
• Cornelis Engelbertus Snel (73), Nederhorst den Berg
• Bouko BRAAM (89), Haren Groningen Netherlands
• Adriaan Cornelis van Koningsveld (59), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antoinette Petronella Marie Hillen (24)

• 1968 » Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
• 1968 » Hedi Slimane, French fashion designer and photographer
• 1968 » Ken Akamatsu, Japanese illustrator
• 1968 » Kenji Ito, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1968 » Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1968 » Susan Wojcicki, Polish-American technology executive, CEO of YouTube
• 1969 » Armin Kõomägi, Estonian author and screenwriter
• 1969 » Jenji Kohan, American screenwriter and producer
• 1969 » John LeClair, American ice hockey player
• 1969 » RZA, American rapper, producer, actor, and director

• 1957 » Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1966 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930)
• 1969 » Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)
• 1975 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Harry James, American trumpet player and actor (b. 1916)
• 1984 » Chic Murray, Canadian politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1914)

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. John
14. Patrick
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. Karin
12. Jolanda
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.
• February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
• July 26 » Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
• September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
• December 22 » Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
• December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.

The temperature on July 5, 1968 was between 12.8 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.