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• Gerardus Cornelis Johannes Tielenius Kruythoff, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Susan Renae Vegter
• Ed Sier († 2015)
• Ingeborg Francis Meijerhoven, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Jacoba VERMEER, Wageningen († 1969)
• Marcus Antonius Maria (Marco) Morssink, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2007)
• Marcus Antonius Marie (Marco) Morssink, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2007)

• Christiaan Warmenhoven (75), Velsen
• Adriaan POLAK (72), Rhoon, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Petronella Linders (70), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Charlottie Elizabeth Dunaway (79), Portales, Roosevelt Co., NM
• Cornelis Boers (82), Krimpen aan de IJssel
• Charles B Vernon (67), Veterans Memorial Hospital
• Christiaan ter Hark (92), Hubbard County, Minnesota
• Clarence Paul Morrison (56), Whitehall, Jefferson, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Geertruida Goosen (80), Venray
• Cornelis de Roock (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1965 » Kyle Chandler, American actor
• 1965 » Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog
• 1966 » Doug E. Fresh, American rapper and producer
• 1967 » Michael Carbajal, American boxer
• 1968 » Cheryl Strayed, American author
• 1968 » Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager († 2014)
• 1969 » Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 » Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter († 2019)
• 1969 » Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
• 1969 » Paul Varelans, American MMA fighter and wrestler

• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
• 1972 » Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
• 1982 » Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)

• 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 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
• April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
• July 23 » The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
• October 2 » Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.

The temperature on September 17, 1968 was between 10.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.