About the day » Thursday June 6, 1968Calender converter

• Pascal Weyers, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2023)
• Michael van Putten († 2016)
• Levenloos Zuur, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1968)
• Ronald Scheper († 2012)
• Albert Rudolf Vincent Maria Brenninkmeijer, Laren, NH, Nederland († 1968)
• NN Kuiper, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1968)
• M.H.H. (Miriam) VROEMEN, Schimmert (NL/LI) († 1969)
• Mark Poot, Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Kurt Beerten, Herk de Stad († 2000)

• Cornelis Maarten Baars (57), Nieuwland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis "Koos" Peters (55), Mill, Nbr.NL
• Annie Dreesman (74), Los Angeles County, California, United States
• Alfons de Proft (48), Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Christiaan Langeveld (65)
• Catharina Hendrina Geertruida Minten (68), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Berend Jan Kok (82), Eext
• Adrianus Henricus VAN DER VOORN (80)
• Ananias Scheepstra (90), Vries
• Dennis Lee LOBBEZOO (19), Vietnam

• 1947 » Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968.
• 1947 » David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004.
• 1947 » Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street.
• 1948 » Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate.
• 1949 » Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter.
• 1954 » Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; twice a winner at the Tony Awards.
• 1954 » Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
• 1955 » Sam Simon, American director, producer and screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons († 2015).
• 1956 » Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons.
• 1972 » Natalie Morales, American television journalist and NBC News anchor.

• 1961 » Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1934)
• 1962 » Yves Klein, French painter (b. 1928)
• 1963 » William Baziotes, American painter and academic (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Randolph Churchill, English journalist and politician (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925)
• 1968 » Kâzim Özalp, Turkish general and politician, 3rd Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1880)
• 1975 » Larry Blyden, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1976 » J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)
• 1979 » Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1897)

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 24 » Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
• July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
• July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
• August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
• September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
• October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.

The temperature on June 6, 1968 was between 8.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.