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• Silvia van Ginhoven, Alphen en Riel († 1990)
• suzan croijmans, ulestraten
• Marietje Vlijm († 2015)
• Maria Jannie Droogers, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1995)
• Richard van Rijn, De Lier
• Infant Meyer († 1968)

• Carl Henry Wilken (55)
• Alida van Kooperen (57), Gemeente Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Mertens‏ (65), Geel, België
• Aaltje Wechuizen (77), Amsterdam
• Alle Haveman (76), Groningen
• Christiane Mariën (17), Lier
• Angelina Lacerenza (61), Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Ana Reinert (62), Joinvile, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Alle Haveman (76), Groningen
• Antje De Haan (88), Tjalleberd

• 1965 » Aamir Khan, Indian film actor, producer, and director
• 1965 » Billy Sherwood, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1965 » Kevin Brown, American baseball player and coach
• 1965 » Kevin Williamson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Elise Neal, American actress and producer
• 1966 » Jonas Elmer, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Megan Follows, Canadian-American actress
• 1969 » Larry Johnson, American basketball player and actor
• 1970 » Kristian Bush, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Irom Chanu Sharmila, Indian poet and activist

• 1957 » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
• 1965 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1976 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1902)

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. 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.
• March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• March 31 » American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
• April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
• October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
• December 22 » Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
• December 24 » Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.

The temperature on March 14, 1968 was between 3.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.