About the day » Saturday January 27, 1968Calender converter

• Kelley Dawn White, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma († 1968)
• Linda CLAESSENS, Deurne (Antwerpen),2100,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1968)
• Daniël Roos
• Kate Ellen Holzhueter, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Corona Bianca Trip, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• Jamie Arthur (Jamie) Peetsma, Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Siebe Turksma (70)
• Arie van den Oever (95), Katwijk
• Arie Adrianusz van den Oever (95), unbekannt
• Antonia Loder (76)
• Berendina Wilhelmina MENNINGS (79), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphons Arthur Willem Emma Vercruyssen (77), Uccle, Bruxelles, Belgium
• André Jules Beernaert (63), Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aalbertus Zeggelaar (68), Lunteren
• Bartelina Christina Pickhard (85), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Coezijn (88)

• 1966 » Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese-American actress and singer
• 1967 » Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 » Matt Stover, American football player
• 1968 » Mike Patton, American singer, composer, and voice artist
• 1968 » Tracy Lawrence, American country singer
• 1969 » Michael Kulas, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1969 » Patton Oswalt, American comedian and actor
• 1969 » Shane Thomson, New Zealand cricketer
• 1970 » Bradley Clyde, Australian rugby league player
• 1970 » Dean Headley, English cricketer and coach

• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
• 1963 » John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Abraham Walkowitz, American painter (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
• 1967 » crew of Apollo 1
• 1970 » Rocco D'Assunta, Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » William Nolde, American colonel (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Georgios Grivas, Cypriot general (b. 1898)

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.
• January 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
• July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
• September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
• October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
• November 22 » The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
• December 26 » The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.

The temperature on January 27, 1968 was between 5.0 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.