Page 13: Historical Events In 1968

Jul 26   On this day in history lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies   

Jul 27   Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history race Riot in Gary Indiana   

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 in the year 1968.   

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   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   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif   

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   Race riot in Miami Florida on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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 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   On this day in history 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   Democratic Convention opens in Chicago in the year 1968.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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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   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 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   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.