About the day » Wednesday January 3, 1968Calender converter

• Janna Erica Brunnenkreef, enter
• Jaco André van Rhijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Wouter VAN BELLEGHEM († 1988)
• Simone Louise Petra Beckers, Hazerswoude
• Jaco van Rhijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Jaco André van Rhijn, Katwijk († 2010)

• Anna Hendrika Manders (78), Best, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertus Marinus van den Berg (82), Zwolle
• Anna Boezer (71), Eindhoven
• Adriaantje den Bogter (73), Gouda
• Adriaan Hermans (83), Tilburg
• Albert Hamsa (75), Seattle, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria Ermes (77), Ulicoten
• Agnes Maria Bomans (86), Den Haag, Nederland
• Alida de Vries (77), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Maria BOMANS (86), 's Gravenhage

• 1963 » Stewart Hosie, Scottish businessman and politician
• 1964 » Bruce LaBruce, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » Cheryl Miller, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 » Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1969 » Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsledder
• 1969 » Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish racing driver
• 1969 » Lorenzo Fertitta, American entrepreneur, casino executive and sports promoter
• 1969 » Michael Schumacher, German racing driver
• 1971 » Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Lee Il-hwa, South Korean actress

• 1962 » Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Milton Avery, American painter (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (b. 1944)
• 1967 » Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Reginald Punnett, British scientist (b. 1875)
• 1969 » Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909)
• 1969 » Tzavalas Karousos, Greek-French actor (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. Johan
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. Elisabeth
9. Esther
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 22 » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
• January 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
• February 8 » American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
• September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
• October 14 » The 6.5 M_w  Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.
• December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

The temperature on January 3, 1968 was between -5.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.