About the day » Monday May 20, 1968Calender converter

• Jeroen Henk Leonard Pit, Vianen (U) († 2012)
• Ronald Keymis, Leuven, Provincie Brabant, België († 1968)
• Wim Vlieger, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2003)
• Jeroen Henk Leonard PIT, Vianen († 2012)
• Adele Julia Isabel Kerremans, Madrid (ES) († 2012)
• Emmanuel VAN HECKE, Brugge, 31005, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1968)
• David John MATHEW, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2006)
• Timothy John ROBERTSON († 2022)
• Johan Keymis, Leuven, Provincie Brabant, België († 1968)

• Cornelis Arie van der Woerd (87), Tricht (Buurmalsen) (GL)
• Bouke Wiersinga (87), Groningen
• Adrianus Geenen (66), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Récopé de Tilly-Blaru (27)
• Clasina Cornelia Knoops (71), Leiden
• Albertus van den Nieuwenhuizen (55), veghel
• Anna Maria van Eindhoven (73), Boxtel
• Albertus Gregorius Cramer (62), Maastricht
• Aaltje Bosma (76), Boven Smilde Holland
• Cornelis Arie Van de Woerd (87), Tricht

• 1965 » Stu Grimson, Canadian ice hockey player, sportscaster, and lawyer
• 1965 » Ted Allen, American television host and author
• 1966 » Dan Abrams, American journalist and author
• 1967 » Gabriele Muccino, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Graham Brady, English politician
• 1968 » Timothy Olyphant, American actor and producer
• 1969 » Road Dogg, American wrestler, producer, and soldier
• 1970 » Louis Theroux, Singaporean-English journalist and producer
• 1970 » Terrell Brandon, American basketball player
• 1971 » Šárka Kašpárková, Czech triple jumper and coach

• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)
• 1971 » Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)
• 1973 » Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
• 1973 » Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
• 1976 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
• 1976 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)

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.
• January 13 » Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
• January 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
• February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
• July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
• August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
• October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.

The temperature on May 20, 1968 was between 1.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.