Historical Events In 1968

Feb 15   On this day in history little Walter, rocker, dies at 37  

Feb 16   On this day in history beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi  

Feb 16   On this day in history country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL  

Feb 16   Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" in the year 1968.  

Feb 16   On this day in history healey Willan, composer, dies at 87  

Feb 17   Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 in the year 1968.  

Feb 18   On this day in history 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin  

Feb 18   In the year 1968 10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France  

Feb 18   David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd in the year 1968.  

Feb 18   On this day in history sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79  

Feb 19   Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65 in the year 1968.  

Feb 20   Anthony Asquith, dies in the year 1968.  

Feb 20   John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth on this day in history.  

Feb 20   State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A &M in the year 1968.  

Feb 21   150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin in the year 1968.  

Feb 21   In the year 1968 anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65  

Feb 21   In the year 1968 baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000  

Feb 22   Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71 in the year 1968.  

Feb 22   Rock group Genesis release their first record "The Silent Sun" in the year 1968.  

Feb 23   Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 in the year 1968.  

Feb 23   On this day in history wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBAer to score 25,000 points  

Feb 24   A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) on this day in history.  

Feb 24   Discovery of the first pulsar in space in the year 1968.  

Feb 24   On this day in history gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games  

Feb 24   In the year 1968 uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam  

Feb 25   In the year 1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea  

Feb 25   On this day in history camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96  

Feb 25   Makarios re-elected President of Cyprus on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55 on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 28   In the year 1968 doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41  

Feb 28   Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air on this day in history.  

Feb 29   In the year 1968 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

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

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.  

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.  

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.  

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)