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• Antoinette Josepha Gerarda Maria Wolf, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1968)
• Frank Meyer, Losser
• levenloos geboren kind († 1968)
• Yvonne Francina van der Walle, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Maurits Willem Pieter Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau van Vollenhove, Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Maurits Willem Pieter Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, Utrecht
• Maurits Willem Pieter van Vollenhoven Oranje Nassau, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Marcel Klein († 1995)
• Johannes Vis, Schiedam († 1968)
• Lisa Beth Grimmius, Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota († 2018)

• Arthur L Evans (79), Wilson, East Feliciana, Louisiana, United States of America
• Arentjen Vinke (83), Kampen, Nederland
• Beertje Vinke (82)
• Adriana de STEUR (83), Goes (Nl)
• Agatha Lucia Buisman (81), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Poot (69), Vianen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Alblas (56), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Julia Huyghe (66), Westrozebeke
• Arie Snoeij (71), Rotterdam
• Arentjen Vinke (83), Kampen, Nederland

• 1967 » Barnaby Joyce, Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
• 1967 » Ian Jones, New Zealand rugby player
• 1967 » Kimberly Elise, American actress
• 1967 » Liz Phair, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Marquis Grissom, American baseball player and coach
• 1968 » Eric Lamaze, Canadian jockey
• 1968 » Julie Fagerholt, Danish fashion designer
• 1968 » Phil Henderson, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1968 » Richie Woodhall, English boxer and trainer
• 1968 » Roger Twose, New Zealand cricketer

• 1954 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)
• 1960 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
• 1961 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1977 » William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1939)
• 1984 » Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Cecil Harmsworth King, English publisher (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. 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 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
• February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• 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.
• November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
• 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 April 17, 1968 was between 10.1 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.