About the day » Saturday April 8, 1967Calender converter

• Karel Bissels, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Harry Lassche, Hoogland († 2023)
• Ronald Sytsma († 1998)
• Kate BARRY († 2013)
• Monique van der Sommen, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Kate Barry Prendergast, Marylebone (Londen, Engeland) († 2013)
• Veronique Maria Huyghe, Gent († 1967)
• Hendrika Kroon, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Kate Barry PENDERGAST, St Marylebone, England, United Kingdom († 2013)
• Ariene Vreeken († 1990)

• Antje Jans Adema (87), Veenwouden, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catherine Julia Ann Blackburn (92), Price, Carbon County, Utah
• Catharina Francisca Renssen (78), Deventer, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Zonderop (75), Doetinchem
• Anna Maria Tetteroo (78), Delft
• Catharina Margaretha Janssen (87), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline Lena Kramer (82), La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
• Alphonsus Cerpentier (84)
• Anna Catharina Henriette Hendriks (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria Roovers (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1966 » Andy Currier, English rugby league player
• 1966 » Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand-Australian television host († 2014)
• 1966 » Dalton Grant, English high jumper
• 1966 » Evripidis Stylianidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior
• 1966 » Harri Rovanperä, Finnish race car driver
• 1966 » Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress († 2014)
• 1966 » Mark Blundell, English race car driver
• 1966 » Mazinho, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1966 » Robin Wright, American actress, director, producer
• 1967 » Kenny Benjamin, Antiguan cricketer

• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
• 1974 » James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Breece D'J Pancake, American short story writer (b. 1952)
• 1981 » Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)
• 1983 » Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904)

• 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 12.5 million citizens.
• April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
• April 27 » Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
• April 28 » Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
• September 1 » The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
• September 11 » China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted a military clashes.
• November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.

The temperature on April 8, 1967 was between 0.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.