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• Jolanda Adriana Stolk, Ridderkerk Z.H († 2013)
• Jan Boxum († 2023)
• Robert Henricus Elise (Rob) Houben, Leveroij,, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Adriana Gerarda Johanna Wolf, Oss, Nederland († 1996)
• Lee Cameron Taylor († 1986)
• Rohaan, enter
• Egbertine Hanna Willi Rohaan, enter
• Gerrit Oost, Jutphaas, 3439, Nederland († 1968)
• Maaike Diekmann, Naarden
• Patricia Maria van DUYNE, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Delvino Kemper (0)
• Aalt Jansz Heijnen (92), Huizen
• Cornelia van Doorne (49), Tucson (USA)
• Dirk Aart Dekker (30), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Charles Ramsay Wishart (60), Khulna, Bangladesh
• Anna Petronella Jacoba Verheijen Verheijen (67), Veulen, Li.NL
• Aalbert van Twillert (76), Amersfoort
• Cornelia Jacoba Brokx (72), Antwerpen
• Elizabeth (Elisa) van den Broek (80), Roosendaal
• Clarence Mark Billings (52), Kaysville, Davis, Utah, Verenigde Staten

• 1966 » Bebel Gilberto, American-Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1966 » Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
• 1966 » Stephen Baldwin, American actor
• 1967 » Bill Shorten, Australian politician
• 1967 » Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, French mathematician
• 1968 » Catherine Tate, English actress and screenwriter
• 1968 » Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor
• 1969 » Kim Fields, American actress
• 1969 » Suzanne Clément, Canadian actress
• 1970 » Mark Foster, English swimmer

• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1973 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
• 1974 » Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)

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.
• March 17 » As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
• March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
• July 1 » The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.
• October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
• October 16 » Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
• November 11 » Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.

The temperature on May 12, 1968 was between 3.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.