Famous Deaths Happened In 1968

Jan 02 On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

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 on this day in history.  

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 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 13 In the year 1968 bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later  

Jan 14 In the year 1968 death of dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885)  

Jan 15 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies in the year 1968.  

Jan 16 In the year 1968 robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84  

Jan 17 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72 in the year 1968.  

Jan 19 Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879) died in the year 1968.  

Jan 21 On this day in history death of will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)  

Jan 22 Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 In the year 1968 virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31  

Jan 26 Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883) died in the year 1968.  

Jan 29 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies in the year 1968.  

Jan 30 Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 01 Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Feb 04 Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 05 Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1968.  

Feb 06 In the year 1968 c Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85  

Feb 07 Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 died on this day in history.  

Feb 08 On this day in history j Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56  

Feb 09 On this day in history barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77  

Feb 10 Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Feb 11 Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 in the year 1968.  

Feb 13 Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 in the year 1968.  

Feb 16 Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor  

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

Jan 03 Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.  

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)