Historical Events In 1968

Jul 26   Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies in the year 1968.   

Jul 27   On this day in history anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies   

Jul 27   On this day in history race Riot in Gary Indiana   

Jul 28   In the year 1968 charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies at 70   

Jul 29   On this day in history mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption   

Jul 29   In the year 1968 pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control   

Jul 30   Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away in the year 1968.   

Jul 30   Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1968.   

Jul 31   Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Aug 03   On this day in history constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71   

Aug 04   100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif on this day in history.   

Aug 05   Luther Perkins American guitarist on this day in history.   

Aug 06   On this day in history ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60   

Aug 08   In the year 1968 race riot in Miami Florida   

Aug 09   Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague in the year 1968.   

Aug 11   In the year 1968 lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

Aug 12   Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Aug 14   In the year 1968 in the Northern Celebesa a 7.4 earthquake caused tsunami waves, reaching up to 300 meters inland,took some 200 lives and destroyed 700 houses. Wave heights were estimated at 8 to 10 meters   

Aug 15   In the year 1968 edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84   

Aug 15   On this day in history pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting   

Aug 16   Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1968.   

Aug 18   In the year 1968 cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52   

Aug 19   On this day in history sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44   

Aug 20   650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

Aug 20   On this day in history earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69   

Aug 20   Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia in the year 1968.   

Aug 21   After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio in the year 1968.   

Aug 21   In the year 1968 democratic Convention opens in Chicago   

Aug 21   Radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement in the year 1968.   

Aug 21   In the year 1968 radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement   

Aug 21   On this day in history vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45   

Aug 21   William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) in the year 1968.   

Aug 22   On this day in history cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry   

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.   

Jan 04   On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 05   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.