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• Leo SCHMAHL, Zutphen
• Maria Helena Eijgendaal, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2000)
• Hans Bryon, Diksmuide († 1977)
• Eduard Herman Johan Doppenberg († 2005)
• Donaldus Franciscus Josephus Verstraten, Mill en St. Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Maria Helena Eijgendaal, Deventer († 2000)
• Shirley Mulder, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands († 2011)
• ivonne wilhelmina maria (ivonne) janssen, helden-panningen
• Dirk Wilhelm Schwarberg, Georgsmarienhütte († 2012)
• Annemieke Mirjam Sipkes († 1986)

• Anna Maria van den Eijnde (71), Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Alina Maria Ampe (90), Kortemark
• Antje Hoogeboom (98), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Huisman (91), Zaandam
• Antonio Giovanni Pin (79)
• Bernardus Lambertus Tijssen (84), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Braken (65), Eindhoven
• Antje Jacobs Hoogeboom (98), Leeuwarden
• Antonetta WUYTS (78), Beerzel, 2580, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Anne Dijk (74)

• 1966 » David Chalmers, Australian philosopher and academic
• 1966 » David Filo, American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
• 1966 » Vincent Riendeau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 » Mike Portnoy, American drummer and songwriter
• 1967 » Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
• 1968 » Julia Morris, Australian entertainer
• 1968 » Roman Virastyuk, Ukrainian shot putter
• 1968 » Yelena Välbe, Russian skier and manager
• 1969 » Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper
• 1969 » Will Hodgman, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Tasmania

• 1946 » Mae Busch, Australian actress (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1968 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1969 » Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian Ustaše official and concentration camp administrator (b. 1914)
• 1980 » M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)
• 1982 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892)
• 1986 » Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)

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 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
• April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
• November 22 » The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
• December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

The temperature on April 20, 1968 was between 10.1 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.