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• Hendrikus Andrieszn. de Groot, Deinum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• Elisabeth Petronella Maria van den Heuvel, Tilburg († 1969)
• Amelia Cram Dale Westcott "Baboo", Pana, Christian County, Illinois
• Mirjam Zonneveld, Noordoostpolder († 2000)
• Hendrikus de Groot, Deinum († 1983)
• Jan Bas Teunis van Dijk († 1991)
• Roland van Amsterdam, Zaandam († 2002)

• Antje Bralts (79), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• * Marinus van Straalen (35), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Anna van Ommeren (79), Carmel, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Veen (103), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus de Wit (66), Vlaardingen
• Anna Cornelia van der Kroft (84), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Hendrik van Oostveen (58), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Feijtel (58), Rotterdam
• Ada B. Madison (92)
• Bernhardus Henricus Jacobus Lankhorst (44), Klazienaveen

• 1966 » Christos Tsekos, Greek basketball player
• 1966 » Mike Starr, American bass player († 2011)
• 1966 » Nancy McKeon, American actress
• 1967 » Edith Masai, Kenyan-German runner
• 1967 » George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player and politician
• 1968 » Jesús Rollán, Spanish water polo player († 2006)
• 1969 » Karren Brady, English journalist and businesswoman
• 1969 » Piotr Anderszewski, Polish pianist and composer
• 1970 » Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1970 » Greg Garcia, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1958 » Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)
• 1961 » Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)
• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)

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. Esther
9. Elisabeth
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.
• March 16 » Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
• May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
• June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
• June 30 » Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
• August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
• December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

The temperature on April 4, 1968 was between 0.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.