About the day » Thursday June 27, 1968Calender converter

• Jan van der Heide, Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Robert J. Folkerts, Milford-Massachusetts (USA) († 2016)
• Albert Hagen († 1968)
• Coby Dagevos († 1999)
• Silvia Meijerink, Lonneker, 7524, Nederland († 1981)
• Franciscus Leonard Goedbloed, Geldrop, North Brabant, Netherlands († 2021)
• Claude Hamer, Leiden († 2005)
• Albert Jan Jeronimus, Haarlem († 1972)
• Cornelia Dina Sarie (Cora) Dagevos, Wemeldinge († 1999)
• Elbert Bertus van der Horst, Nijkerk, Friesland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Coumans (67), Stein
• Arie den Boer (70), Voorburg
• Dorothy May Rankin, Walgett, NSW, AU
• Eise Liewes (81), Diepswal (Leek)
• Aarnout Anthonij Deurloo (63), Burgh, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arjen van Heesch (0), Veghel
• Anne-Marie Taddei (74), Vignale Corsica
• Anna Katharina Janning (88)
• Anna Maria van Son (58), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bosters (90), Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL

• 1966 » Aigars Kalvītis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1966 » Jörg Bergen, German footballer and manager
• 1966 » J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Jeff Conine, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 » George Hamilton, Northern Irish police officer
• 1967 » Phil Kearns, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 1967 » Sylvie Fréchette, Canadian swimmer and coach
• 1967 » Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarusian discus thrower
• 1968 » Kelly Ayotte, American lawyer and politician, New Hampshire Attorney General
• 1969 » Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater

• 1949 » Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)
• 1952 » Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
• 1960 » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)
• 1962 » Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)
• 1967 » Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler and scholar (b. 1902)
• 1975 » G.I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1886)
• 1986 » George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (b. 1905)

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.
• March 31 » American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
• April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• 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.
• November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
• 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 10 » Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.

The temperature on June 27, 1968 was between 13.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.