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• Eimert Ewoud Boer († 1990)
• Monica Hendrika Catharina Maria Vermetten, Alphen en Riel († 2010)
• Duniel Boeldak, Curaçao
• John DARLINGTON († 2016)
• Cherie Bryan, Abilene TX († 2012)
• Harmen van der Heide († 2012)

• Ada Louisa Adams (60), Hounslow, Middlesex. England
• Alberta Gobeil (74), Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada
• Alfons Van de Velde (77), Schilde
• Bernardus Jacobus Dijk (70), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Jacobus Dijk (70), Groningen
• Antje Bonnes van Schepen (67), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Christiaan Scholten (57)
• Antonie Johannes van Gils (77), Moergestel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• AALTJE Zondervan (73), MONNICKENDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Antonetta van Bokkel (63), Eindhoven

• 1964 » Linda Pearson, Scottish sport shooter
• 1965 » Allan Bateman, Welsh rugby player
• 1965 » Jim Knight, English politician
• 1966 » Alan Davies, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 1967 » Connie Britton, American actress
• 1967 » Glenn Greenwald, American journalist and author
• 1967 » Julio Bocca, Argentinian ballet dancer and director
• 1967 » Shuler Hensley, American actor and singer
• 1968 » Moira Kelly, American actress and director
• 1971 » Darrick Martin, American basketball player and coach

• 1961 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 » Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1967 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)
• 1967 » Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)
• 1970 » William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1973 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
• 1976 » Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (b. 1903)

• 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 7 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
• September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
• October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
• October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
• October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
• 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 March 6, 1968 was between -0.9 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.