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• Lana Loraine Ponis, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington († 1968)
• Gerda van der Dussen, Schoonhoven († 2009)
• Monique Spiertz († 1972)

• Angelina Amanda Gerarda Convent (91), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Arina Monteban (72), Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Alidore Dewilde (67), Neerpelt,3910,Limburg,België
• Catharina Maria van den Bogaert (80), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Ham (69), Apeldoorn
• Eduardus De Sadeleer (79), Mere
• Catharina Johanna Dietz (85), Enschede
• Dina Jannetje Buijs (86), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis LIGTENBERG (80), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Andrew Batt

• 1966 » Dany Boon, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Inha Babakova, Ukrainian high jumper
• 1967 » Olivier Dahan, French director and screenwriter
• 1968 » Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland
• 1968 » Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
• 1968 » Shannon Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster
• 1969 » Colin Greenwood, English bass player and songwriter
• 1969 » Geir Moen, Norwegian sprinter
• 1969 » Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
• 1969 » Mike Myers, American baseball player

• 1956 » Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
• 1956 » Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931)
• 1957 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)
• 1958 » George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
• 1964 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)

• 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 7 » Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
• March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.
• December 26 » The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.

The temperature on June 26, 1968 was between 13.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.