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• Annie Mulder, Wilp († 1985)
• Jos van Bussel, Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Jeroen Aloysius Smeenk, Voorburg († 1970)
• Rebecca Ann Burden, Lakin-Kansas (USA) († 2017)
• Hendrik Hubertus (Erwin) de Moes, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Gerard Janssen, Boven Leeuwen († 1998)
• Guy Barthold Gulian Boissevain, Leiden

• Annigje van Klei (90), Leiden
• Carrie A Price (83), Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Donkersteeg (61), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Wenmekers (61), Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Vijhuizen (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Tas van der (93), Den Haag
• Anna Christina Koppens (80), Breda
• Casper Franke (67), 's-Gravenhage, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Jelkes Wijnsma (86)
• Betsy Loederman (89), Allegan Co, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1966 » Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
• 1966 » Dean Butterworth, English-American drummer
• 1967 » Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager
• 1967 » Craig Janney, American ice hockey player
• 1967 » Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1995)
• 1968 » Jim Caviezel, American actor
• 1969 » Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach
• 1969 » David Slade, English director and producer
• 1969 » Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager
• 1969 » Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager

• 1959 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
• 1965 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1973 » Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)
• 1973 » Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1973 » Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

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 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
• March 6 » Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
• April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
• August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
• October 16 » Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
• October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.

The temperature on September 26, 1968 was between 11.9 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 17.3 mm of rain during 17.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.