About the day » Saturday May 11, 1968Calender converter

• Sasja Langen, unbekannt († 2005)
• Christine Ann Durbin († 2008)
• Edwin Richard Nota, Sneek († 1988)
• Jes (Jetze) Koster
• Sasja Langen († 2005)
• Peter Smit, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Dean Michael David Subritzky, Mangakino, NZ († 1999)

• Catharina Johanna Carolina Rotteveel (79), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anneke van Dijk (0), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• August de CLERCK (81)
• Antonia Bossink (81), Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Catharina Henriëtte Huberdina van Buul (76), Eindhoven
• Carl Francis Dickert (51), Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America
• Charles Jozef LANGENHOFF (70), Vught, 4366, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes Verkijk (55), Diemen, Nederland
• Carl F. Dickert (51), Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America
• Antonius Adrianus Kreemers (86), Vught

• 1962 » Steve Bono, American football player
• 1964 » Bobby Witt, American baseball player
• 1964 » Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1967 » Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
• 1969 » Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 » Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
• 1970 » Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 1970 » Jason Queally, English cyclist
• 1972 » Tomáš Dvořák, Czech decathlete and coach
• 1973 » Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japanese runner

• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)

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 28 » Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.
• April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
• October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
• November 1 » The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
• December 25 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.

The temperature on May 11, 1968 was between 8.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.