About the day » Sunday March 3, 1968Calender converter

• Wendy Magdalena Frans Leeman, Temse, België († 1970)
• Carrie Lynn van Ort († 2005)
• x Ebbing, Nijverdal († 1970)
• Rients Boonstra, Jorwert († 1999)
• Jacob van de Wetering († 2015)

• Arend HAZENOOT (98), Noordwijk
• ALDERT WESTMAN (74), HOOGEVEEN
• Antonius Henricus Ackermans (65), Helmond (Noord-Brabant)
• Arend Hazenoot (98), Noordwijk
• Arnolda Ernst (66), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonia Gerarda van Maanen (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Francis Marshall (74), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Anna Berhardina Maria Hegemann (Heikkinen) (83), Rheine, 48429, Duitsland
• Albert Mooiweer (64)
• Arend Willemsz Haasnoot (98), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1964 » Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
• 1965 » Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager
• 1966 » Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 » Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1968 » Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist
• 1968 » Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
• 1970 » Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1970 » Julie Bowen, American actress
• 1971 » Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1971 » Tyler Florence, American chef and author

• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 1983 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)

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. 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.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
• July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
• August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
• November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
• December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.

The temperature on March 3, 1968 was between -4.4 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.