About the day » Monday September 9, 1968Calender converter

• marc korsten, helden-dorp
• Margaretha Alida Balt († 1968)
• Darin Leon Hoss, Johnson City, Tennessee († 1989)
• Kevin L van Voorst († 2019)
• Pieter Jacob van der Linden, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Margaretha Alida Balt († 1968)

• Agatha Clasina van Stein (84), Noordwijk
• Cornelis Maria Juffermans (80), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Stoffelina Jacoba Pepermans (79), Delft
• Aaltje van Bolhuis (83), Groningen
• Anna Wilhelmina Molenaar (70), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Antonie Hendrikus Haagsman (88)
• Anna, Wilhelmina Molenaar (70), Den Helder
• Agatha Clasina van Steijn (84), Noordwijk
• Auke Wattes Piersma (69)
• Aaltje Schutte (75), Avereest

• 1966 » Georg Hackl, German luger and coach
• 1967 » Akshay Kumar, Indian actor and producer
• 1967 » B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Mark Shrader, American wrestler
• 1968 » Clive Mendonca, English footballer
• 1968 » Jon Drummond, American sprinter and coach
• 1968 » Julia Sawalha, English actress
• 1969 » Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
• 1969 » Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress

• 1958 » Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906)
• 1975 » John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)
• 1979 » Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1914)

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.
• January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
• February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
• April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
• 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.
• October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.

The temperature on September 9, 1968 was between 9.5 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.