About the day » Sunday June 16, 1968Calender converter

• Pamela Lynn FLUCK († 1968)
• Roelof Getus Henk Dost, Emmen
• Karen Margaret Grabill, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Patricia Joyce "Trish" White, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States of America († 2012)
• Bianca Francina Maria Mijnsbergen, Vlissingen,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)
• Ann Fiers
• Patrick Albert Grooters, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Angela Kay Leasock, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania († 1968)

• Annie Lee Brown (77), Mutual Rights Cemetery, Greene County, Ms
• Antonius Janssen (69), Elst, Nederland
• * Agnieta Kohnhorst (76), Hilversum
• Berend Haaijer (62), Nieuwlande, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus Maria van Gils (69), Tilburg
• Angela Kay Leasock (0), Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
• Annie May "Mag" Bowles (75), Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co., OH
• Abraham Planting (72), Bloemendaal (Gem. Overveen), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Magdalena van Wingaarden (78), Huisduinen
• Bernarda Magdalena van Wingaarden (78), Huisduinen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1966 » Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower and coach
• 1966 » Mark Occhilupo, Australian surfer
• 1966 » Olivier Roumat, French rugby player
• 1966 » Phil Vischer, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created VeggieTales
• 1967 » Charalambos Andreou, Cypriot footballer
• 1967 » Jürgen Klopp, German footballer and manager
• 1968 » Adam Schmitt, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1969 » Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager
• 1969 » Shami Chakrabarti, English lawyer and academic
• 1970 » Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International

• 1958 » Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
• 1959 » George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1961 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
• 1967 » Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
• 1970 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
• 1971 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. Johan
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.
• February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• February 8 » American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
• April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
• April 23 » Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
• May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
• 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.

The temperature on June 16, 1968 was between 13.5 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.