Page 14: Historical Events In 1968

Aug 31   In Iran a 7.3 earthquake was centered about 250 kilometers south of Mashhad. There were 12000 to 20000 deaths, many injuries, and over 60000 homeless   

Aug 31   Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover   

Sep 01   Granville English, composer, dies at 69   

Sep 01   Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting.   

Sep 02   Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82.   

Sep 05   21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan   

Sep 05   Juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73   

Sep 06   Karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69.   

Sep 06   Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Sep 06   Swaziland is recorded as becoming an independent member of the British Commonwealth.   

Sep 09   The fir1st US Open, Arthur Ashe claims   

Sep 15   Launch of Zond 5, the inaugural lunar fly around with Earth reentry   

Sep 16   Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"   

Sep 17   Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon.   

Sep 18   Franchot Tone, actor (Advise and Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63   

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

Sep 19   Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62   

Sep 20   Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 20   Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536.   

Sep 24   "60 Minutes" premiers.   

Sep 24   Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

Sep 24   Swaziland joins the United Nations.   

Sep 26   Hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS   

Sep 28   Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr   

Sep 28   Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks.   

Sep 28   Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64   

Sep 30   inaugural Boeing 747 rolls out   

Sep 30   Supremes release "Love Child".   

Oct 01   "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh   

Oct 01   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies.   

Oct 09   Government seizes oil fields in Peru.   

Oct 09   Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed   

Oct 10   George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd   

Oct 10   Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86.   

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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)