About the day » Tuesday July 2, 1968Calender converter

• Stewart Warner Perrin Jnr, Auckland, Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand († 2019)
• St.john van Niftrik, Johannesburg
• Christina van Schie, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Mário Luiz Deschamps, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1968)
• Johanna Helena Maria (Rosemarie) van der Linden, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Brian Keith Coleman († 2007)
• leon ghielen, helden-beringe

• Bernardus Hemmes (66), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Ágnes Földesi (82), Darvas, 4144, Magyarország
• Alida Haaze (64), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Dorssers (73), Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Athillia Ragg (92)
• Alice PALMBOS (77)
• Adriaan Willem Braal (83), Zierikzee
• Arthur De Graeve (78), Roeselare
• Arnoldus van Doorn (86), Rotterdam
• Arie van den Beukel (92), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1964 » Alan Tait, English-Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1964 » Joe Magrane, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1964 » Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist
• 1964 » Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1965 » Norbert Röttgen, German lawyer and politician
• 1969 » Tim Rodber, English rugby player
• 1970 » Derrick Adkins, American hurdler
• 1970 » Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1971 » Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1971 » Troy Brown, American football player and actor

• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1975 » James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)

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 30 » Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
• April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
• April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
• April 23 » Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
• August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.

The temperature on July 2, 1968 was between 19.3 °C and 30.6 °C and averaged 24.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.