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• Sander de Jong, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Antoon J B Lugtenberg, Steenwijkerwold († 1996)
• Sander de Jong, amsterdam, Nederland († 1968)
• Astrid Nijhuis († 2006)
• Edwin Heuveling
• Jean Charles LEPERLIER, Saint-André,97440,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1969)
• Amy Lee Schochenmaier
• inge rambags, venray
• Theodoor Cornelis Karel Schouten, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2015)
• johannes maria joseph (john) theelen, helden-beringe

• Alberdina Gering (72), Steenwijksmoer, Netherlands
• Cornelis Antonius Leijten (61), 's-Hertogenbosch (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Antonius Leonardus Meeuwsen (79), Bakel
• Anna Maria Heemskerk (72)
• Albert Blok (58)
• Dirk Klazes Reinsma (71), Noordbergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jozef Leermakers (85), Helvoirt
• Anna Hendrika Meij (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Catharina Segaar (88), Leiderdorp
• Anna Maria Pauline Ruijsch van Dugteren (71), Soest, Nederland

• 1966 » Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
• 1967 » Jamie Osborne, English jockey and trainer
• 1968 » Billy Boyd, Scottish actor and singer
• 1969 » Jack Black, American actor and comedian
• 1969 » Jason Priestley, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1969 » Mary McCartney, English photographer and activist
• 1969 » Pierre Turgeon, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1969 » Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and Founder of Leanin.org
• 1970 » Melina Aslanidou, German-Greek singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Rick Recht, American singer-songwriter

• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976 » Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)
• 1978 » Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Robert Shaw, English actor (b. 1927)

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.
• March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
• October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
• October 16 » Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
• October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.

The temperature on August 28, 1968 was between 16.4 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.