Historical Events In 1968

Oct 18   In the year 1968 lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70  

Oct 19   In the year 1968 golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars  

Oct 20   On this day in history elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84  

Oct 20   Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on this day in history.  

Oct 22   On this day in history apollo 7 returns to Earth  

Oct 23   Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec) in the year 1968.  

Oct 24   Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail on this day in history.  

Oct 25   On this day in history chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler  

Oct 25   In the year 1968 jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies  

Oct 25   Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52  

Oct 26   On this day in history soyuz 3 launched  

Oct 26   The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City on this day in history.  

Oct 27   On this day in history lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89  

Oct 28   In the year 1968 henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85  

Oct 29   In the year 1968 marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78  

Oct 30   Conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78 in the year 1968.  

Oct 31   Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently on this day in history.  

Oct 31   President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam in the year 1968.  

Oct 31   On this day in history ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], actor (Ben Hur), dies at 69  

Nov 01   In the year 1968 georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80  

Nov 02   Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1968.  

Nov 04   Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Nov 05   In the year 1968 estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81  

Nov 05   In the year 1968 nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for Presidency  

Nov 06   In the year 1968 guillaume Landre, composer, dies at 63  

Nov 07   Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 08   On this day in history cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John  

Nov 08   Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54 in the year 1968.  

Nov 09   In the year 1968 jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37  

Nov 10   Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Nov 10   In the year 1968 launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight  

Nov 11   In the year 1968 jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47  

Nov 11   On this day in history john Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion  

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.  

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

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   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81  

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, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)