About the day » Saturday May 25, 1968Calender converter

• Christian Verhoeven, Tilburg
• Nancy Vande Wiele, Brugge, België
• Peter Wanningen, 's-Gravenhage († 2021)
• helena wilhelmina gertruda hendriks, helden-panningen
• Rika Marika (MJC) van den Boorn († 2010)
• Martine POESEN, Tongeren, 3700, Limburg, België († 2002)
• Stephan Hermanus Johannes Wijering, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Twan van Lieshout, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Patrick A.J. Haring, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Geranda Jocephina Kooiman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Antonie Verberne (81), Bakel
• Andries Kootstra (75), Schoonoord
• Antonia Loman (76), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Harm prijs (73), almelo
• Aleida Johanna Christina Anna Vreeswijk (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna_Cornelia Markus (74), Utrecht
• Aäron Bloemendal (74), Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland
• Christina Adels (83), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van Raemdonck (70), Temse
• Adhémar Joseph DECROLY (86), Silly, 7830, Hainaut, Belgique

• 1967 » Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1967 » Mark Rosewater, Head designer of Magic: the Gathering
• 1968 » Kendall Gill, American basketball player, boxer, and sportscaster
• 1969 » Anne Heche, American actress
• 1969 » Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 » Karen Bernstein, Canadian voice actress
• 1969 » Stacy London, American journalist and author
• 1970 » Jamie Kennedy, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Octavia Spencer, American actress and author
• 1970 » Robert Croft, Welsh-English cricketer and sportscaster

• 1954 » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)
• 1977 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli engineer, mystic, and author (b. 1923)
• 1981 » Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1912)
• 1983 » Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1904)

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. John
14. Patrick
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.
• February 24 » Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
• April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
• 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.
• November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
• December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.

The temperature on May 25, 1968 was between 8.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.