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• Willie Aaltje Leurink, Epe († 1968)
• Jeanet Sunter († 1968)
• Willie Aaltje Leurink, Zwolle,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1968)
• Berry van Meurs († 1994)
• Bert Gersen († 1989)
• Wilhelmina Johanna Maria - Helma Eggenhuizen, Elst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2018)
• Johan Dirix, Sint-Truiden, België († 1978)
• Ingrid Swaans († 2011)
• Rianneke Klaassen, Gilze en Rijen († 1970)

• Anna Hendrika Boone (55), Ommen
• Anna Sophia STOLLE (69), Rhoon
• Anna Wilhelmina Jannigje Verhoeven (57), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Leek, (88), Schagen
• Bokke BOERSMA (57), Anjum Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Jacoba Batenburg de Jong (46)
• Arie van der Ende (87), Maasdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Floyd Emrick (75), Gladwin, Gladwin Co.Michigan
• Anna Maria van der Aa (91), Oss
• Alfridus Peeters (72), Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België

• 1966 » Archbishop Jovan VI of Ohrid
• 1966 » Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
• 1966 » Vincent Askew, American basketball player and coach
• 1967 » Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager
• 1967 » Martin Tielli, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 » Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
• 1969 » Patrick Monahan, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1969 » Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
• 1969 » Sean Farrel, English footballer, forward
• 1970 » Daniel Handler, American journalist, author, and accordion player

• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
• 1966 » Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1967 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)
• 1987 » Stephen Tennant, English author (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. Patrick
14. John
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. 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.
• March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
• 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.
• November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
• November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
• December 11 » The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.

The temperature on February 28, 1968 was between -1.9 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.