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• Chantel Griffioen, Springs (SA) († 1988)
• Alexander Bouwels, Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 1998)
• Dana Hill, Centralia, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Gert Jan Kuijt, Amersfoort († 1968)
• Janine Talitha van der Struik, Meppel
• Gert-Jan Kuijt, Amersfoort († 1968)
• Craig William Bradford
• Alban Loppin de Montmort, Paris, 75056, France († 1985)
• Marc BEKS, Nuenen (NL/NB) († 1999)
• Robert Eugene Martin († 1968)

• Abraham Degen (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Teerink (86)
• Anna Christina (Stien) Weller (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Winkel (61), Tubbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Kesselaar (56), Nieuw-Loosdrecht, Wijdemeren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Klamer (79), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hendriks (77), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clifton Armour Lett (70)
• Areke de Goeij (84), Lyon County, Iowa
• Bert (Eliza Bertus) van Dijk (73), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1967 » Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist, creator of Sailor Moon
• 1968 » Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
• 1968 » Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter and television host
• 1968 » Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1968 » Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy
• 1969 » Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer and coach
• 1969 » Rona Ambrose, Canadian journalist and politician, former Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
• 1969 » Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey
• 1970 » Christine Anu, Australian singer
• 1970 » Naka Drotske, South African rugby player

• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)
• 1962 » Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1966 » Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)

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. John
14. Patrick
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. Karin
12. Jolanda
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.
• March 28 » Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.
• July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
• September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
• November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
• November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 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 March 15, 1968 was between 1.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.