Page 13: Historical Events In 1968

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

Jul 27   In the year 1968 anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies   

Jul 27   Race Riot in Gary Indiana in the year 1968.   

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

Jul 29   Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1968 pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control   

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

Jul 30   In the year 1968 jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69   

Jul 31   In the year 1968 beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free   

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

Aug 03   In the year 1968 constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71   

Aug 04   In the year 1968 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif   

Aug 05   Luther Perkins American guitarist on this day in history.   

Aug 06   In the year 1968 ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60   

Aug 08   On this day in history race riot in Miami Florida   

Aug 09   Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 12   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

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

Aug 15   On this day in history pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting   

Aug 16   Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history after 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio   

Aug 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

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   Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   In the year 1968 william Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)   

Aug 22   Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

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

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

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