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• Anneke van Dijk, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1968)
• Gerald Stokvis, Den Ham († 2017)
• Johan JANSSENS, Herentals(B) († 1989)
• G.J.A.M. Vreijsen († 2000)
• Daniel Craig Borgman, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Annick Laurence Simone, Le Blanc, 36600-France († 2014)
• Meinardus Anthonius Deen, Andijk († 1968)
• Peter Verjans († 1968)

• Anna Peters (69), Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antje (Anna) de Haan (88), Haarlemmermeer
• Adrianna Aletta Rijntjes (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Auberina Sjoukes (88)
• Adéle Teuben (0)
• Adrianus Josephus van den Dries (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Canary Bernice Buckner (72), Radford, Montgomery, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Anne (Lammerts) Jong (86)
• Anna * de Haan (88), Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Adele Greven (62), Emmerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1966 » Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1967 » Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player
• 1967 » Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
• 1968 » Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
• 1968 » Hashim Thaçi, Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
• 1968 » Roxanna Panufnik, English composer
• 1968 » Todd Jones, American baseball player
• 1969 » Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish academic and politician
• 1969 » Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
• 1969 » Rory McCann, Scottish actor

• 1962 » Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
• 1964 » Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
• 1970 » Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)

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 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
• March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
• October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.

The temperature on April 24, 1968 was between 3.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.