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• Mireille Francois Lisette Bestevaar, Antwerpen († 1993)
• Chantal Frieda Johan Rottier, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• mathilda (hilde) theelen, venlo
• Adriaan Joost van Ast, Zierikzee († 1968)
• Mario Gedanitz († 2011)
• Olaf de Coene, Sluiskil,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Edwin Groenendijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• antonius (twan) van der leeden, helden-panningen

• Antonius Johannes (Toon) Assinck (84), Geldrop
• Aagje STAM (89), Oost-Knollendam (Wormer), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Sowers Grady (82)
• Aart van der Haar (81), Veenendaal
• Adrianus Cornelius Maria de Wijs (75), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bergstra (92)
• Anna Maria Konings (83), Tilburg
• Aldert Robijn (72)
• Catharina Elisabeth Cornelia van Groeninge (61), Tilburg
• Adrianus Cornelius Maria de Wijs (75), Tilburg-Noord-Brabant-NL

• 1966 » John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 » Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
• 1967 » Charb, French journalist and cartoonist († 2015)
• 1967 » Darren Bewick, Australian footballer
• 1967 » Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• 1968 » Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter
• 1968 » Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer
• 1968 » Laura Trevelyan, English journalist and author
• 1969 » Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer
• 1969 » Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater

• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)

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 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
• April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
• 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.
• August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.

The temperature on August 21, 1968 was between 11.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.