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• Marcel Vrinssen, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henriëtte Maria Boeren, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Hettie Boeren
• Marielle Marre († 1971)
• Katja Leonora Murk, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)

• Christina Helena van Zoelen (79), Lisse
• Adrianus Vons (36), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Dijmpha Dijmphna Engel (68), Tilburg Nederland
• Alberdina Jennes Kars (81), Enschede
• Adrianus Leonardus Hermanus Romeijn (67), Rotterdam
• Bessie V. Akers (82), Brush Creek Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
• Bonne Dam (84), Opsterland
• Carel Everhard Christiaan Both (68), Rotterdam
• Adriana Dijmpha Engel (68), Tilburg
• Antonie Johannes Maria Oonincx (75), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland

• 1967 » Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 » Cat Cora, American chef and author
• 1967 » Cristi Puiu, Romanian director and screenwriter
• 1967 » Mark Skaife, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1967 » Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
• 1968 » Charlotte Coleman, English actress († 2001)
• 1968 » Jamie Hewlett, English director and performer
• 1968 » Sebastian Bach, Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1968 » Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player
• 1969 » Rodney Hampton, American football player

• 1958 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
• 1962 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)
• 1976 » Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1976 » David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Winston Sharples, American composer (b. 1909)

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.
• 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.
• July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
• September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
• October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
• December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
• December 26 » The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.

The temperature on April 3, 1968 was between -0.6 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.