Page 13: Historical Events In 1968

Jul 29   Pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control.   

Jul 30   Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away.   

Jul 30   Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69   

Jul 31   Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free.   

Jul 31   Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66   

Aug 03   Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71.   

Aug 04   100000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif.   

Aug 05   Luther Perkins American guitarist.   

Aug 06   Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60   

Aug 08   Race riot in Miami Florida.   

Aug 09   Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague.   

Aug 11   Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies.   

Aug 12   Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81.   

Aug 14   In the Northern Celebesa a 7.4 earthquake caused tsunami waves, reaching up to 300 meters inland,took some 200 lives and destroyed 700 houses. Wave heights were estimated at 8 to 10 meters   

Aug 15   Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84   

Aug 15   Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting.   

Aug 16   Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71   

Aug 18   Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52.   

Aug 19   Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44.   

Aug 20   650000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia.   

Aug 20   Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69.   

Aug 20   Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia.   

Aug 21   After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio.   

Aug 21   Democratic Convention opens in Chicago   

Aug 21   Radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement.   

Aug 21   Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement.   

Aug 21   Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45.   

Aug 21   William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight).   

Aug 22   Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry.   

Aug 22   The inaugural papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota).   

Aug 23   Ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily   

Aug 24   Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies   

Aug 24   France became world's 5th thermonuclear power.   

Aug 24   France is recorded as becoming a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific   

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Jan 02   Cuba gooding jr: Actor (boyz n the hood, glaadiator, few good men)   

Jan 02   Scott mitchell: Nfl quarterback (detroit lions)   

Jan 02   Anky van grunsven: Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan parke: Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent carlsson: Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   Kerry huffman: Peterborough, nhl defenseman (phila flyers, ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon sturges: Actress (savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas rayam: Cfl offensive linebacker (edmonton eskimos)   

Jan 02   Sanoesi pane: Indonesian writer,    

Jan 04   Joseph pholien: Belgian pm (1950-52) communist fighter,   

Jan 05   Jean murat: Actor (on the riviera),    

Jan 06   Kurt baschwitz: Germ/dutch sociologist/journalist (heksen),    

Jan 07   Prof james smith: South african ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   Kokichi tsuburaya: Japanese marathoner (oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   Basil sydney: Actor (hamlet, simba),   

Jan 11   Isidor isaac rabi: American physicist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1898)