About the day » Thursday May 23, 1968Calender converter

• Bea Hulst († 2018)
• Geert Logtmeijer († 2006)
• Marjos Jansen
• Jacobus Paulus Marcus Krijnen, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Rudolf Buise († 2006)
• frank jozef de wolf, purmerend († 1968)
• Geert Logtmeijer, Vollenhove († 2006)
• Lucia Theresia Maria van Asselen, Vinkeveen, Nederland († 1998)
• Antoine Roosen, Tongeren (België) († 1968)
• Josina Dollekens, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)

• Charlotte Olthof (83)
• Adrianus van Hoogstraten (106.3.13.3) (73), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
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• Aldegonda Maria Hubertina Sorée (77), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Achiel Evarist Vanackere (78), Oostnieuwkerke
• Anna Maria Catharina Bessems (85), Eijsden
• Barend van den Ham (70)
• Arie Gerrit Vermij (56), Gouda
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Eekelen (69), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rutten (88), Oploo, Sint Anthonis, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1965 » Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
• 1965 » Melissa McBride, American actress
• 1965 » Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
• 1965 » Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
• 1966 » Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 » Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
• 1967 » Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
• 1967 » Luís Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
• 1968 » Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
• 1970 » Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport

• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)

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.
• April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
• July 26 » Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
• August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
• October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
• October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.

The temperature on May 23, 1968 was between 9.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.