About the day » Sunday June 2, 1968Calender converter

• Engel, Wieringen († 2012)
• Alexis Peter Bronsveld († 2015)
• Shelley Annette Novle
• Hendrikje Scholten, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland († 1995)
• Allison Cornelius, Woudrichem,,Nederland
• Teuntje Evelien van de Groep († 2003)
• Alida Johanna Beentjes, Heemskerk († 2009)
• Alida Johanna Beentjes, Heemskerk († 2009)
• Rients Wypkes Damstra, Abbega, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Alexis Peter (Lex) Bronsveld, Wezep († 2015)

• Catharina Maria Eijsberg (93), 's-Gravenhage
• Bernardus Fliphus Tijdink (67), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Dekker (76), Hilversum
• Alida ??? (57), Grand Rapids-Michigan (USA)
• Alice Corteenray (48), Sint-Truiden, België
• Evert Gerard Johan Everts (69)
• Augusta Sidonia GOOSSENS (65), Ruisbroek,1601,Brabant Flamand,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Caspar Melchior Balthazar BOUWER (77), Delft
• Arnoldus Christianus Kuijpers (51), Heer, Limburg, Nederland NL
• Catharina Anthonia Sman (79), Zaandam

• 1966 » Candace Gingrich, American activist
• 1966 » Dayana Cadeau, Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
• 1966 » Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1967 » Mike Stanton, American baseball player
• 1967 » Remigija Nazarovienė, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach
• 1968 » Andy Cohen, American television host
• 1968 » Merril Bainbridge, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1969 » David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and author
• 1969 » Kurt Abbott, American baseball player
• 1969 » Paulo Sérgio, Brazilian footballer

• 1961 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940)
• 1968 » André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1969 » Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1970 » Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (b. 1937)
• 1970 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (b. 1949)

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.
• February 8 » American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
• April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
• May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
• 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 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
• December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

The temperature on June 2, 1968 was between 10.8 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.