Page 13: Historical Events In 1968

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   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   

Aug 25   John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70   

Aug 26   Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65   

Aug 27   Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61.   

Aug 28   Anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president.   

Aug 28   John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

Aug 28   Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven   

Aug 29   Victor Sutherland, dies at 79   

Aug 30   Death of CEW Bean, founder of the Australian War Memorial and editor of the Official history of Australia in the war of 1914-18.   

Aug 30   John and Yoko Lennon's One on One concert at Madison Square Garden raises $250000 to help mentally retarded children   

Aug 30   The inaugural record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude).   

Aug 30   William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53   

Aug 31   6000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60000 buildings in NE Iran.   

Aug 31   Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60.   

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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)