Historical Events In 1968

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

Aug 23   In the year 1968 ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily  

Aug 24   In the year 1968 cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies  

Aug 24   In the year 1968 france became world's 5th thermonuclear power  

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

Aug 25   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.  

Aug 27   Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Aug 28   In the year 1968 anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president.  

Aug 28   On this day in history john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies  

Aug 28   In the year 1968 police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven  

Aug 29   Victor Sutherland, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 30   John and Yoko Lennon's One on One concert at Madison Square Garden raises $250,000 to help mentally retarded children in the year 1968.  

Aug 30   The first record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude) in the year 1968.  

Aug 30   On this day in history william Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53  

Aug 31   In the year 1968 6,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran  

Aug 31   On this day in history dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60  

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 in the year 1968.  

Aug 31   Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Granville English, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1968.  

Sep 01   On this day in history pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting  

Sep 02   Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Sep 05   In the year 1968 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan  

Sep 05   Juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1968.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry.  

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

Sep 17   On this day in history zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon  

Sep 18   On this day in history franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63  

Sep 19   On this day in history a baby was born on Golden Gate Bridge yes the event slowed traffic  

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.  

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)