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• Rebecca Ann Burden, Lakin-Kansas (USA) († 2017)
• Hendrik Hubertus (Erwin) de Moes, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Gerard Janssen, Boven Leeuwen († 1998)
• Yvonne van den Heuvel
• Jeroen Aloysius Smeenk, Voorburg († 1970)
• Frans Leendert Middag, Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Guy Barthold Gulian Boissevain, Leiden
• Kevin Bernard Bakker († 2013)
• Annie Mulder, Wilp († 1985)
• Jos van Bussel, Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)

• Anna Maria Wenmekers (61), Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus Donkersteeg (61), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antoon Korsten (76), Wijbosch, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Langstraat (86)
• Arnoldus Gerrit Fikke (74)
• Arnoldus Hendricus de Greef (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Peeters (20), Sint Joost,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernard Johannes Drenth (50), Groningen
• Arthur Arentsen (70), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Adrianus Cornelis van Gestel (57), Tilburg

• 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)

• 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.
• May 30 » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
• August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
• August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
• October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
• November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
• November 17 » Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.

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.