Page 14: Historical Events In 1968

Aug 22   The first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) in the year 1968.   

Aug 23   Ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 24   France became world's 5th thermonuclear power in the year 1968.   

Aug 24   On this day in history france becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.   

Aug 25   In the year 1968 john George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70   

Aug 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven in the year 1968.   

Aug 29   Victor Sutherland, dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Aug 30   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 31   6,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran on this day in history.   

Aug 31   In the year 1968 dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60   

Aug 31   In the year 1968 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   

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   In the year 1968 pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting   

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   Juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history swaziland becomes an independent member of the British Commonwealth.   

Sep 06   In the year 1968 swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in&quot on this day in history.   

Sep 17   Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Sep 19   A baby was born on Golden Gate Bridge yes the event slowed traffic in the year 1968.   

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.