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• Elisabeth Petronella Maria van den Heuvel, Tilburg († 1969)
• Amelia Cram Dale Westcott "Baboo", Pana, Christian County, Illinois
• Roland van Amsterdam, Zaandam († 2002)
• Hendrikus de Groot, Deinum († 1983)
• Mirjam Zonneveld, Noordoostpolder († 2000)
• Jan Bas Teunis van Dijk († 1991)
• Hendrikus Andrieszn. de Groot, Deinum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1983)

• Alexander Hendrik van Oostveen (58), Hoorn
• Beverly Jane Ruiter (38), Elizabethtown Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bernhardus Henricus Jacobus Lankhorst (44), Klazienaveen
• Albert Franklin Captain (37), fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia van der Kroft (84), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Catharina Fendina Goeman (63), Weener
• Aloysius Vervoorst (71), Düsseldorf, Duitsland
• Antje Menno's VEEN (103)
• Arlie William O'Leary (62), Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Johanna Henrica Smitz (82), TerApel

• 1966 » Christos Tsekos, Greek basketball player
• 1966 » Mike Starr, American bass player († 2011)
• 1966 » Nancy McKeon, American actress
• 1967 » Edith Masai, Kenyan-German runner
• 1967 » George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player and politician
• 1968 » Jesús Rollán, Spanish water polo player († 2006)
• 1969 » Karren Brady, English journalist and businesswoman
• 1969 » Piotr Anderszewski, Polish pianist and composer
• 1970 » Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1970 » Greg Garcia, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1958 » Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)
• 1961 » Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)
• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)

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.
• January 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
• February 1 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
• April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
• August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
• December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.

The temperature on April 4, 1968 was between 0.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.