Historical Events In 1968

Apr 09 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect

Apr 09 Martin Luther King Jr, buried

Apr 05 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens

Apr 19 Dedication of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Prime Minister John Gorton The memorial is a copy of the original unveiled at Port Said, Egypt, by former Prime Minister William Morris Hughes in 1932

Apr 08 The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".

Apr 07 Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car

Apr 04 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned

Apr 26 Students seize administration building at Ohio State

Apr 02 Chad creates Union of Central African States

Apr 05 US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled

Apr 18 SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished

Apr 04 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances

Apr 06 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution

Apr 02 Beatles form Python Music Ltd

Apr 20 Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM

Apr 04 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Apr 03 N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks

Apr 06 USS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam

Apr 21 Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt

Apr 19 The first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon

Apr 17 P Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson,

Apr 14 Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card

Apr 11 Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act

Apr 04 Rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis

Apr 23 United Methodist Church forms

Apr 28 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old

Apr 03 North Vietnam agrees to meet US representatives to set up preliminary peace talks

Apr 09 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference

Apr 06 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas

Apr 28 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya

Apr 27 Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title

Apr 24 Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC

Nov 08 Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John

Nov 11 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic

Nov 28 John Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession

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