Historical Events In 1968

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

Jul 27   On this day in history anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies  

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

Jul 28   In the year 1968 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   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 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   On this day in history jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69  

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

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

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

Aug 11   On this day in history lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies  

Aug 12   Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84  

Aug 15   Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting in the year 1968.  

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

Aug 18   Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52 in the year 1968.  

Aug 19   In the year 1968 sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44  

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

Aug 20   On this day in history earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69  

Aug 20   Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia in the year 1968.  

Aug 21   After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio in the year 1968.  

Aug 21   Democratic Convention opens in Chicago 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   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   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   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor  

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83  

Jan 05   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73  

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