Historical Events In 1968

Jul 26   Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies on this day in history.  

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   Charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 29   On this day in history pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control  

Jul 30   Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away in the year 1968.  

Jul 30   Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1968.  

Jul 31   On this day in history beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free  

Jul 31   Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 05   On this day in history luther Perkins American guitarist  

Aug 06   Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60 in the year 1968.  

Aug 08   Race riot in Miami Florida on this day in history.  

Aug 09   In the year 1968 yugoslav president Tito visits Prague  

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 year 1968 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   In the year 1968 edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84  

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

Aug 16   Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1968.  

Aug 20   On this day in history 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia  

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

Aug 20   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1968.  

Aug 21   On this day in history william Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)  

Aug 22   Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry in the year 1968.  

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)  

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1968.  

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

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

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