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• Arnould Rbert Rudolf Marie Gerritsen, Bemmel († 1976)
• Wim Boessenkool, Dedemsvaart († 2022)
• Laurentius Willibrordus Kaandorp, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2024)
• Pieter Karel de Koning, amsterdam, Nederland († 1968)

• (75), Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherland
• Alida Maria van Rooij (69)
• Antonius Rijnbeek (84), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bokhoven van (80), Drunen
• Bastiana Hillegonda Van Veelen (71), Pernis
• Cees Muileboom (45), Beverwijik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Rijnbeek (84), Vinkeveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cecil Francis Spaulding (78), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Adriana Hendrica Akkermans (86), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Swart (62), Haarlem

• 1966 » Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
• 1966 » Zola Budd, South African runner
• 1967 » Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist († 2012)
• 1967 » Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer
• 1968 » Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
• 1968 » Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager
• 1969 » Dominic Mohan, English journalist
• 1969 » John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1969 » Siri Lindley, American triathlete and coach

• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1959 » Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894)
• 1969 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Silvio Moser, Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1978 » Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1979 » George Brent, Irish-American actor (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. 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.
• June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
• July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
• August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
• August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
• October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
• December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.

The temperature on May 26, 1968 was between 11.8 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.