About the day » Friday March 29, 1968Calender converter

• yvonne berden, hout blerick
• Dolinda Maria Moerer, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Evalien de Velde, Ijsselmuiden († 2016)
• Anita Hintjes, Heerlen († 1994)

• Arnoldus Mulderij (64), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Garretsen (75), ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Anthonius Buur (79), Akersloot
• Andries Doorlag (91), Vriescheloo, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Cooper Harrison (93), Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Johan. BLANKENNAGEL (88)
• Albert de Wit (92), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonius Schelvis (67), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Goverdina Schuurmans (82), Vught
• Anthony William Kiskis (66), San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1966 » Eric Gunderson, American baseball player
• 1966 » Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch politician
• 1966 » Krasimir Balakov, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• 1967 » Ainars Bagatskis, Latvian basketball player and coach
• 1967 » Brian Jordan, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Michel Hazanavicius, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
• 1969 » Jimmy Spencer, American football player and coach
• 1969 » Kim Batten, American hurdler
• 1969 » Shinichi Mochizuki, Japanese mathematician

• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 » J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)

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.
• January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
• February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
• October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
• October 26 » Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
• November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.

The temperature on March 29, 1968 was between 6.8 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.