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• Lucia Theresia Maria van Asselen, Vinkeveen, Nederland († 1998)
• frank jozef de wolf, purmerend († 1968)
• Jacobus Paulus Marcus Krijnen, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bea Hulst († 2018)
• Josina Dollekens, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Lucia Theresia Maria van Asselen, Vinkeveen († 1998)
• Marjos Jansen
• Geert Logtmeijer († 2006)
• Antoine Roosen, Tongeren (België) († 1968)
• Rudolf Buise († 2006)

• Christiaan Blesing (65), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van Hoogstraten (73), Berghem, 5351
• Anna Maria Catharina Bessems (85), Eijsden
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Eekelen (69), Bergen op Zoom
• Albert Theodoor (Theodorus) (Theodore) Voll (73), Semarang, Java (Ned. Indië)
• Aldegonda Maria Hubertina Sorée (77), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Barend Van Den Ham (70)
• Anna Maria Rutten (88), Oploo, Sint Anthonis, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Bertha Vliem (73), Wolvega
• Albertus van Lavieren (83), Tiel, verpleeghuis "Vrijthof"

• 1965 » Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
• 1965 » Melissa McBride, American actress
• 1965 » Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
• 1965 » Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
• 1966 » Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 » Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
• 1967 » Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
• 1967 » Luís Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
• 1968 » Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
• 1970 » Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport

• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)

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. Elisabeth
9. Esther
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 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
• April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
• August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
• November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
• December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.

The temperature on May 23, 1968 was between 9.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.