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August 5, 1968Born on Tuesday August 6, 1968
- Evertje (Evie) Bakker, Oldebroek (Gld) Nederland († 2003)
- Joyce Manon de Jong, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Michael Eugene Cox, Janesville, Bremer County, Iowa († 2011)
- Hendrik Albrecht van Laar († 2022)
- Verhagen, Rotterdam
- John Anthony van Wijk, Woodstock, Ontario (Canada) († 2023)
- levenloos geboren kind († 1968)
Died on Tuesday August 6, 1968
- Alidor Vanpeteghem (77), Westrozebeke, Belgique
- Dirk Hendrik (Dick) (Wallis) de Vries (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Cornelia de Pee (71), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelia Dekkers (74), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
- Cornelis Verhoef (84), Amersfoort
- Cornelis Leonardus Josephus van Lent (82)
- Cornelius Wabeke (75), Sioux Center, Sioux County. Iowa, Verenigde Staten
- Cornelis Peter Vermaat (75), Utrecht
- Carolus Ludovicus Maes (85), Herentals
- Adrianus Cornelis van Duijvenbooden (64), Vlaardingen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 6, 1968 at Delpher
- De waarheid
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Nederlands dagblad : gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling ... [et al.]
- Limburgsch dagblad
- De Telegraaf
- De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland
- De Telegraaf
Born on August 6
- 1965 » David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant
- 1965 » Stéphane Peterhansel, French racing driver
- 1965 » Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1967 » Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
- 1967 » Lorna Fitzsimons, English businesswoman and politician
- 1967 » Mike Greenberg, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1968 » Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
- 1969 » Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
- 1969 » Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
- 1970 » M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Died on August 6
- 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
- 1964 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
- 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
- 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
- 1976 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
- 1978 » Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
- 1978 » Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
- 1979 » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 1983 » Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
Names that were popular for boys in 1968
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Robert
- Johan
- Pieter
- John
- Paul
- Petrus
- Michael
- Richard
- David
Names that were popular for girls in 1968
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Marie
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Hendrika
- Monique
- Petronella
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Ann
- Sandra
- Ingrid
- Petra
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1968
- 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 16 » Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
- April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
- July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
- August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
- August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
- November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
The weather on Tuesday August 6, 1968
The temperature on August 6, 1968 was between 15.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI