About the day » Sunday January 28, 1968Calender converter

• Arelis BOL, Valkenburg († 1968)
• Monica Maria Antoinetta (Monique) Kobussen, Breda, Nederland († 2010)
• Olette Jacoba Dilia Maria Voogd, Loon op Zand

• Anthonia Theodora Francisca Schoute (80), Amsterdam
• Adolf Jacobus de Levita (62), Amsterdam
• Antje Veenstra (95), -
• Anne Louise Rempel (34), Cloverdale, Surrey
• Andries Hagoort (60)
• Abram van den Berg (79), Amsterdam
• Anna, Maria van Tiggelen (73), Bergen op Zoom
• Adrianus van der Heijden (83)
• Arie van der Marel (86), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Jacoba Peek (81), Zeist

• 1964 » David Lawrence, English cricketer
• 1966 » Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
• 1967 » Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1968 » Rakim, American rapper
• 1968 » Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1969 » Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
• 1969 » Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
• 1969 » Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist
• 1972 » Mark Regan, English rugby player
• 1972 » Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager

• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1965 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1971 » Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
• 1973 » John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
• 1976 » Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)

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 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
• July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
• September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
• October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
• November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
• December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.

The temperature on January 28, 1968 was between -0.6 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.