About the day » Wednesday August 14, 1968Calender converter

• Martin Plugge († 2014)
• Karin Margreet Koelewijn († 1970)
• Jacob Willem Rozeboom, Steenwijk († 2022)
• Franciscus Johannes Theodorus Straathof, Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Lourentius Arie Adrianus Blok, Gouda
• Arend Jan Heetebrij, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1968)
• Rob SPROKKEREEF, Borculo († 2010)
• Stefan Arnold Antonius Weghorst, Geesteren († 2019)
• Patrick Goossens, Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2007)
• Robert Keurntjes, Nijmegen

• Anna Gertruida van der Waal (83), Spijkenisse
• Albert Hendriks Westerbeek (70)
• Apolonia Rinkel (74), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Willemsz van den Eijkel (77), Hilversum
• Antonius van Breugel (72)
• Claude Oswald GLOVER (53), Proserpine, Queensland, Australia
• Albertus Henricus Maria Johannes van der Lans (50), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Anna Wartna (85), Cuijk
• Albert Hendricus Marie Johannes van der Lans (50), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Joannes Stephanus Verheggen (52), Reet (Rumst), Antwerpen, België

• 1966 » Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer, Miss World United States 1986
• 1966 » Karl Petter Løken, Swedish-Norwegian footballer and sportscaster
• 1967 » Erik Gandini, Italian-Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Catherine Bell, English-American actress and producer
• 1968 » Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer
• 1968 » Jason Leonard, English rugby player
• 1968 » Medy van der Laan, Dutch politician
• 1968 » Pravin Amre, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1969 » Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer and manager
• 1969 » Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut

• 1958 » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873)
• 1963 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 1965 » Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)
• 1966 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (b. 1908)

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.
• March 7 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
• March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
• October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
• December 11 » The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.

The temperature on August 14, 1968 was between 12.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.