Historical Events In 1968

Apr 07   Jim Clark, two-time F1 World Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500, dies in a racing accident during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany in the year 1968.  

Apr 08   40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King in the year 1968.  

Apr 08   The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna" in the year 1968.  

Apr 09   In the year 1968 martin Luther King Jr, buried  

Apr 09   In the year 1968 new socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect  

Apr 09   On this day in history ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference  

Apr 11   In the year 1968 pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act  

Apr 14   Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card on this day in history.  

Apr 15   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1968.  

Apr 16   Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Apr 17   In the year 1968 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs  

Apr 17   On this day in history margaret Seddon, dies at 95  

Apr 17   On this day in history p Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson,  

Apr 18   SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 19   The first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon in the year 1968.  

Apr 19   Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 in the year 1968.  

Apr 20   Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 in the year 1968.  

Apr 20   Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM on this day in history.  

Apr 21   Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Apr 21   In the year 1968 toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt  

Apr 23   United Methodist Church forms on this day in history.  

Apr 24   On this day in history leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC  

Apr 24   On this day in history norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62  

Apr 26   On this day in history students seize administration building at Ohio State  

Apr 26   On this day in history uS underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device  

Apr 27   Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

Apr 28   11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old in the year 1968.  

Apr 28   On this day in history t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya  

Apr 29   On this day in history "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances  

May 01   Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

May 01   On this day in history legoland, in Denmark, opens  

May 02   On this day in history donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69  

May 02   On this day in history gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London  

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

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

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1968 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   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   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73  

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