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• Jeanette van Gool († 1991)
• Jeanette van Gool († 1991)
• Debra Jane Gimse, Kandiyohi County, MN
• Jeffrey L. Hoyt, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, V.S
• Sandra Lee Viet, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic, Iowa City († 2010)
• Hubertus Johannes Maria Scholte, Schiedam († 1968)
• Dirk Jozef De Ryck, Lier, België
• Roel Savert
• Alexandra Maria Saedt († 1997)
• Jeroen van Noije († 1992)

• Albert Jagt (72), Emmen, Nederland
• Arnoldus BARENDS (59), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Schagen (16)
• Cornelis (Kees) Vonk (44), Tiel
• Albert Jagt (72), Emmen
• Augustinus Anthonius Fafiani (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arendje Onderweegs (88)
• Aafke (Effie) Dame (74), Cleveland (Cuyahoga), Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Johanna Wilhelmina van Nie (69), Amsterdam
• Antonius Haarbosch (70), Breda

• 1966 » Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player
• 1967 » Maria Bello, American actress and writer
• 1969 » Keith DeCandido, American author
• 1969 » Robert Změlík, Czech decathlete
• 1969 » Stefan Schwarz, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1970 » François Leroux, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host
• 1970 » Greg Eklund, American drummer and guitarist
• 1970 » Rico Brogna, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 » Saad Hariri, Saudi Arabian-Lebanese businessman and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Lebanon
• 1970 » Tatiana Stefanidou, Greek journalist and talk show host

• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Maurice Gamelin, Belgian-French general (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)

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.
• April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
• April 23 » Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
• July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
• November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on April 18, 1968 was between 9.7 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °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-southeast.