Events in the year 1968 in Germany.
Incumbents President – Heinrich Lübke Chancellor – Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Events Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 May 30 - German Emergency Acts June 21 - July 2 - 18th Berlin International Film Festival June 27-October 4 - 4. documenta Neue Nationalgalerie opened in Berlin.
Births January 2 – Matthias Berger, German politician January 11 – Benjamin List, German organic chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry February 27 - Samuel Kummer, German organist (died 2024) March 6 - Smudo, German singer April 6 - Oliver Korittke, German actor April 8 - Gabriele Fähnrich, German gymnast April 20 - Jens Weidmann, German economist, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, and Chairman of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements April 21 - Tita von Hardenberg, German journalist and television presenter April 25 - Thomas Strunz, German football player April 29 - Michael Herbig, German film actor and director April 29 - Jürgen Vogel, German actor May 1 - Oliver Bierhoff, German football player May 2 - August François von Finck, German businessman May 5 - Peter Frank, German lawyer May 9 - Hardy Krüger Jr., German actor May 19 - Sonja Zietlow, German television presenter June 8 - Torsten Gutsche, German canoeist June 29 - Tilo Kummer, German politician July 16 - Marcel Machill, German journalist August 2 - Stefan Effenberg, German football player August 17 - Anja Fichtel, German fencer August 31 – Alexander Haugg, German actor September 11 - Andreas Tews, German boxer September 23 - Gabriele Reinsch, German athlete September 29 - Svenja Schulze, German politician October 13 - Kay Bluhm, German canoeist October 18 - Michael Stich, German tennis player November 19 Katarina Barley, German politician Anja Vanrobaeys, Belgian politician November 21 - Inka Bause, German actress, singer and television presenter November 24 - Martin Schneider, German footballer December 18 - Mario Basler, German footballer December 30 - Thomas D, German singer
Deaths January 2 - Cuno Hoffmeister, German astronomer (born 1892) February 23 - Emil Hirschfeld, German athlete (born 1903) February 28 - Hans Lohmeyer, German politician and jurist (born 1881) April 16 — Albert Betz, German physicist and a pioneer of wind turbine technology (born 1885) May 25 - Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (born 1881) May 30 - Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1908) June 18 - Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, German general (born 1885) June 23 — Andreas von Aulock, Imperial Army officer and Wehrmacht general (born 1893) July 1 - Fritz Bauer, German judge (born 1903) July 19 - Käthe Kruse notable pioneer of German doll-making (born 1883) July 20 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (born 1908) July 28 - Otto Hahn, German chemist (born 1879) December 16 - Jürgen Moll, German football player (born 1939)
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