About the day » Sunday March 31, 1968Calender converter

• Simone Vierbergen, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• Lemmens, Amsterdam († 1976)
• Claudia Maria Lemmens, Amsterdam, NH Netherlands († 1970)

• Antonie Verbeek (76)
• Carolus Emilius Swinnen (77), Grazen, België
• Christianus Martinus Klijnhout (77), Arnhem
• Antje Schoustra (90), Sneek
• Cornelia Steenhoven van den (van de, van der) (65), Hilversum Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Boonen (53), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Ligterink (87), Utrecht
• Cécile NOUFFLARD (88)
• Aurea Mascarenhas Camargo (97)
• Auke Zuidema (72), Kollumerzwaag

• 1965 » Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer († 2006)
• 1965 » Patty Fendick, American tennis player and coach
• 1965 » Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 » William McNamara, American actor and producer
• 1966 » Nick Firestone, American race car driver
• 1966 » Roger Black, English runner and journalist
• 1968 » César Sampaio, Brazilian footballer
• 1969 » Nyamko Sabuni, Burundian-Swedish politician
• 1969 » Steve Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Alenka Bratušek, Slovenian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia

• 1956 » Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)

• 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.
• February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
• October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
• November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
• 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 31, 1968 was between 4.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.