About the day » Thursday September 12, 1968Calender converter

• Frank Scholten, Beckum (Hengelo) († 2004)
• Kathleen Rosalind Koorevaar, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Lucille Caecilia Gezina Teresia Reith, Wageningen, 6700, Nederland († 1977)
• Colin Reid, Jr., London, Great Britain († 2009)
• Bernardus jacobus Johannes van Straalen, Oude Niedorp
• Brenda Paulus, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Lucia Caecilia Gezina Theresia Reith, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Stephan Jeroen Willem Maria (Stephan) BEKX, Boxtel (NL/NB) († 1975)
• Catharina Alberta Maria Kerkhofs, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johannes Antonius Anna Daanen, Breda († 2008)

• Adrianus Stolk (70), Zevenhuizen Z.H
• cornelia elisabeth johanna wennekes (82), amsterdam
• Barendina van Bemmel (89), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dirk Bruins (90), Lee, Florida, United States
• Berendina Agnieta Stempher (73), Deventer
• Barend Hess (70), Driebergen Rijsenburg
• Columbus Drew Hobgood (80), Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
• Adrianus Johannes Goosen (79), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Elisabeth Moolenaar (65), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alta May Jeffries (76), Jefferson, Cass, Michigan

• 1967 » Louis C.K., American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Pat Listach, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1968 » Larry LaLonde, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1968 » Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, English politician († 2014)
• 1968 » Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor, and writer
• 1968 » Richard Snell, South African cricketer and physiotherapist
• 1969 » Ángel Cabrera, Argentinian golfer
• 1969 » James Frey, American author and screenwriter
• 1969 » Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author
• 1969 » Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer

• 1961 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1962 » Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1968 » Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1971 » Walter Egan, American golfer (b. 1881)
• 1972 » William Boyd, American actor and producer (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Robert Lowell, American poet (b. 1917)
• 1977 » Steve Biko, South African activist (b. 1946)

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. Elisabeth
9. Esther
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 13 » Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
• March 31 » American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
• April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
• August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
• August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.

The temperature on September 12, 1968 was between 10.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.