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• Tim Malaher, Mombasa, Coast, Kenya
• Paul den Hengst, Gouda († 1968)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1968)
• Jolanda Van Drie († 1968)
• Paul Den Hengst, Gouda (Zuid-Holland, Nederland) († 1968)
• Marjet Catharina Freds Flapper († 2015)
• Gert Maria Arno HOEBERS, RVT Vilain XIIII Leut,Maasmechelen,Limburg,Belgium († 1968)

• Arie Cornelis Levinus Kaan (87), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina Germania Daenen (65), Duffel, België
• Berendina Staal (75), Hengelo
• Arend Jann Opgelder (58), Hengelo
• Arie Cornelis Levinus Kaan (87), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Pel (92), Mijdrecht
• Clara Irene WAGNER (78), Warsaw
• Edmund Bernhard Fossmo (58)
• Anne-Marie Josephina Van Tongerlooy (87), Mortsel
• Cornelia Groffen (87), Heerle

• 1966 » Dino Cazares, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 » Massimo Cuttitta, Italian rugby player and coach
• 1966 » Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress, director, and producer
• 1967 » Andreas Möller, German footballer and manager
• 1967 » Frank Fontsere, American drummer and songwriter
• 1968 » Cynthia Watros, American actress
• 1968 » David Dinsmore, Scottish journalist
• 1969 » Dave Naz, American photographer and director
• 1969 » K-Ci, American R&B singer-songwriter
• 1969 » Stéphane Matteau, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1962 » William Wilkerson, American publisher and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist and scholar (b. 1900)
• 1965 » Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (b. 1917)
• 1969 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
• 1973 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1973 » J. R. R. Tolkien, English novelist, short story writer, poet, and philologist (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Mabel Vernon, American activist (b. 1883)
• 1976 » Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1934)

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.
• June 30 » Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
• July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
• August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
• October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
• October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
• October 16 » Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on September 2, 1968 was between 14.0 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.