Historical Events In 1968
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Aug 22 On this day in history the first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
Aug 23 Ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily on this day in history.
Aug 24 On this day in history cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies
Aug 24 On this day in history france became world's 5th thermonuclear power
Aug 24 France becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific in the year 1968.
Aug 25 John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70 on this day in history.
Aug 26 Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65 in the year 1968.
Aug 27 Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 on this day in history.
Aug 28 Anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president on this day in history.
Aug 28 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on this day in history.
Aug 28 On this day in history police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven
Aug 29 On this day in history victor Sutherland, dies at 79
Aug 30 On this day in history 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 On this day in history john and Yoko Lennon's One on One concert at Madison Square Garden raises $250,000 to help mentally retarded children.
Aug 30 The first record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude) on this day in history.
Aug 30 William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53 in the year 1968.
Aug 31 On this day in history 6,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran
Aug 31 Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 on this day in history.
Aug 31 In Iran a 7.3 earthquake was centered about 250 kilometers south of Mashhad. There were 12,000 to 20,000 deaths, many injuries, and over 60,000 homeless on this day in history.
Aug 31 On this day in history private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover
Sep 01 Granville English, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Sep 01 Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting on this day in history.
Sep 02 Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 on this day in history.
Sep 05 On this day in history 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan
Sep 05 On this day in history juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73
Sep 06 Karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Sep 06 In the year 1968 swaziland becomes an independent member of the British Commonwealth.
Sep 06 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1968.
Sep 09 The fir1st US Open, Arthur Ashe wins in the year 1968.
Sep 15 Launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry in the year 1968.
Sep 16 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in" in the year 1968.
Sep 17 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon in the year 1968.
Sep 18 Franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 on this day in history.
Sep 19 On this day in history a baby was born on Golden Gate Bridge yes the event slowed traffic
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