About the day » Wednesday April 10, 1968Calender converter

• Michel Lowies, Anderlecht († 2012)
• Peter Buikema († 1971)
• Willem Cornelis Marie Roijakkers, Sittard
• Naamloos "Elly" Ritzema, Leidschendam († 1968)
• Hans Johan Herman van Beek, Enschede († 1978)
• Mark Elliott Brown, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California († 1989)
• Shane Allen Rodriguez, Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• A J Assink, rijssen

• Antonius Johannes Hetterscheid (62), Loil (Gl)
• Alexis PANTCHOULIDZEW (79), Diepenheim, 5049, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Essendelft (66)
• Charles Robert "Bob" Hartle (39), St. Joseph Hosp., S. Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN
• Anna Cornelia Bruné (71)
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• Aartje Beekhuis (63)
• Andries Zwart (57), Zaandam
• Bartholomeus van de Putte (76), Amsterdam
• Ana Leopoldina Fonseca (81), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

• 1966 » Steve Claridge, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 1967 » David Rovics, American singer-songwriter
• 1967 » Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 » Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist († 1996)
• 1968 » Orlando Jones, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
• 1969 » Steve Glasson, Australian lawn bowler
• 1970 » Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 » Kenny Lattimore, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Leonard Doroftei, Romanian-Canadian boxer

• 1960 » André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1962 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1962 » Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)
• 1965 » Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Lloyd Casner, American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)
• 1966 » Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903)
• 1968 » Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian lieutenant and politician (b. 1899)
• 1969 » Harley Earl, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
• 1975 » Walker Evans, American photographer (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. 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.
• January 21 » A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
• February 1 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
• April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
• April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
• September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
• December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

The temperature on April 10, 1968 was between -1.2 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.