About the day » Thursday May 2, 1968Calender converter

• Johnny Henri Joanna Sauvillers, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 2020)
• Danny Albert Christianus Langerak
• Gerardus Johanna Elisabeth Suijkerbuijk, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Cornelis Gerrit van Stuijvenberg, Maurik († 2015)
• Guido Leopold (Guido) Vossen, Tongeren, België († 2011)

• Anna van Wezel (82), Utrecht
• Baukje Zijlstra (57), Leeuwarden
• Aleida Leusink (68), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• * Cornelis Marinus van Rees (47), Sliedrecht
• Antonia Cornelia Kools, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphons Marie Joseph Vosters (74), Turnhout (B)
• Alphons Marie Joseph Vosters (74), Turnhout (B)
• Aaltje Pieters Robijn (76)
• Aart Van De Kolk (80), Uddel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie oversier (76), Eindhoven

• 1966 » Belinda Stronach, Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, and politician
• 1966 » Margus Kolga, Estonian diplomat
• 1966 » Uwe Freiler, German footballer
• 1967 » Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player († 1995)
• 1967 » David Rocastle, English footballer († 2001)
• 1967 » Mika Brzezinski, American journalist and author
• 1968 » Jeff Agoos, Swiss-American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1968 » Julia Hartley-Brewer, English broadcaster and columnist
• 1968 » Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1969 » Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer

• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
• 1979 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1980 » George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)

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.
• March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
• April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
• July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
• August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
• October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
• 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 May 2, 1968 was between 5.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.