Historical Events In 1968

Jul 26   Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies in the year 1968.  

Jul 27   Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies in the year 1968.  

Jul 27   In the year 1968 race Riot in Gary Indiana  

Jul 28   On this day in history charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies at 70  

Jul 29   In the year 1968 mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption  

Jul 29   Pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control in the year 1968.  

Jul 30   Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jul 31   Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free on this day in history.  

Jul 31   On this day in history gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66  

Aug 03   Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71 in the year 1968.  

Aug 04   100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif on this day in history.  

Aug 05   In the year 1968 luther Perkins American guitarist  

Aug 06   On this day in history ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60  

Aug 08   In the year 1968 race riot in Miami Florida  

Aug 09   On this day in history yugoslav president Tito visits Prague  

Aug 11   In the year 1968 lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies  

Aug 12   In the year 1968 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 15   Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Aug 15   In the year 1968 pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting  

Aug 16   In the year 1968 luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71  

Aug 18   Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44 on this day in history.  

Aug 20   650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia in the year 1968.  

Aug 20   In the year 1968 earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69  

Aug 20   In the year 1968 russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia  

Aug 21   In the year 1968 after 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio  

Aug 21   In the year 1968 democratic Convention opens in Chicago  

Aug 21   In the year 1968 radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement  

Aug 21   On this day in history radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement  

Aug 21   On this day in history vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45  

Aug 21   William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) on this day in history.  

Aug 22   On this day in history cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry  

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.  

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

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

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 in the year 1968.  

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1968 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)