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• Kim Bailey
• Claudia Adriana Maria Eekhout († 2007)
• Willard Karl Rickabaugh, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Marian Regt de, Rotterdam
• Claudia Adriana Maria Eekhout († 2007)
• Hester Johanna Weenink, Rotterdam
• Jolanda Wander, Purmerend
• Berendina Aleida Bovenschen, Veenendaal († 1968)
• Suzan van der Velde, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Sonia Van den Eynde

• Anna Maria Vreken (50)
• Aleida Geertruida Versteegen (78), Pannerden,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Min (75), Alkmaar (NH/NL)
• Christina Bakker (46)
• Antonius Franciscus van Breemen (72), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Blonk (82), Spokane, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Swanenberg (90), Oisterwijk
• Arnoud Daalder (56), Den Helder
• Anne Victoire Joséphine Léonie NOVENT (82), Antwerpen, 11002, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Aukje Ritskes Bergsma (87), Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland

• 1965 » Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler († 1999)
• 1965 » Reuben Davis, American football player
• 1967 » Adam Price, Danish chef and screenwriter
• 1967 » Joe Rice, American colonel and politician
• 1967 » Martin Bryant, Australian mass murderer
• 1968 » Lisa Raitt, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1968 » Traci Lords, American actress and singer
• 1969 » Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1969 » Jun Falkenstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player

• 1946 » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

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. Elisabeth
9. Esther
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 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
• March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
• May 30 » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
• August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.

The temperature on May 7, 1968 was between 3.9 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.