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• Benny Stoeten († 2014)
• Gerardus Koenraad Albertus van Laer, Roermond († 1982)
• Wilhelmina Adriana Francina Maria Slenders, Bergeijk, Noord Brabant († 1992)
• Helma Margaretha Timmermans, Amsterdam,1000,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Bianca van der Meer († 2007)

• Conrard Marie Winkens (60), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Christina Shierlaw (76), New Zealand
• Barbara McKerrow (70), Cornwell Hospital, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
• Bonifacius Joannes Nicolaus VAN HEES (62), Eel, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriana Baljet (77), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Wilhelmus Mommers (82), Tilburg
• Adrianus Theodorus van Rijn (63), Den Haag
• Anna Catharina De Haan (72), Zeist
• Berend Willem Hakkert (62), Almelo
• Albert Coelingh (63), Heerlen

• 1966 » Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
• 1968 » Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
• 1968 » Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
• 1969 » Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
• 1969 » Cappadonna, American rapper
• 1970 » Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author
• 1970 » Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist († 1993)
• 1970 » Darren Gough, English cricketer
• 1970 » Mike Compton, American football player and coach

• 1959 » Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1961 » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1962 » Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)
• 1967 » John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)
• 1974 » Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
• 1975 » Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)

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 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
• September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
• December 11 » The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.
• December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.

The temperature on September 18, 1968 was between 5.8 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.