About the day » Monday March 4, 1968Calender converter

• Martinus Cornelus Leonardus Jansen, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Erik Jacobus van Ginkel, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Cornelia van Mourik, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2010)
• Eveline Edith Boeldak
• Cornelius Antonius Anna Maria Baijens, Baarle-Nassau († 1969)
• NN Ypenga, Leeuwarden
• Jettchen van der Molen, Lage van de Weg (gem. Uithuizen) († 1976)

• Cornelia Benschop (80), Zaltbommel
• Berendina Johanna Overbeeke (82)
• Catharina Kaptein (68), Noordwijk
• Cornelis Gijsbertus Boon (72), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allan Carsley Ebanks (66)
• Ara Weldon HINES (75), Delaware County
• Albert Prins (61), Amsterdam
• Arie Blanken, Utrecht
• Clara Frances Lantz (82), Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Leokadia (Antonia Leocadia Caecilia) Warnke (77), Paderborn

• 1967 » Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer and coach
• 1967 » Dave Rayner, English cyclist († 1994)
• 1967 » Evan Dando, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Ivan Lewis, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1967 » Terry Matterson, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1968 » Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1968 » Graham Westley, English footballer and manager
• 1968 » Jorge Celedón, Colombian singer
• 1968 » Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek banker and politician, Prime Minister of Greece
• 1968 » Patsy Kensit, English model and actress

• 1960 » Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
• 1963 » William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Nicholas Schenck, Russian-American businessman (b. 1881)
• 1972 » Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1972 » Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (b. 1903)
• 1976 » John Marvin Jones, American judge and politician (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)

• 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 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
• March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
• 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."
• July 1 » The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.
• July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
• November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.

The temperature on March 4, 1968 was between -0.2 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.