Historical Events In 1968

Oct 18   On this day in history lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70  

Oct 19   Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars in the year 1968.  

Oct 20   Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Oct 20   Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on this day in history.  

Oct 22   Apollo 7 returns to Earth in the year 1968.  

Oct 23   In the year 1968 kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec)  

Oct 24   In the year 1968 mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail  

Oct 25   Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler in the year 1968.  

Oct 25   Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 25   Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby in the year 1968.  

Oct 26   Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 in the year 1968.  

Oct 26   On this day in history soyuz 3 launched  

Oct 26   The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City in the year 1968.  

Oct 27   On this day in history lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89  

Oct 28   On this day in history henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85  

Oct 29   Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1968.  

Oct 30   Conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78 in the year 1968.  

Oct 31   Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently in the year 1968.  

Oct 31   On this day in history president Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam  

Oct 31   On this day in history ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], actor (Ben Hur), dies at 69  

Nov 01   In the year 1968 georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80  

Nov 02   On this day in history ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56  

Nov 04   Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 in the year 1968.  

Nov 05   Estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81 in the year 1968.  

Nov 05   Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for Presidency in the year 1968.  

Nov 06   In the year 1968 guillaume Landre, composer, dies at 63  

Nov 07   Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 08   In the year 1968 cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John  

Nov 08   On this day in history wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54  

Nov 09   Jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37 in the year 1968.  

Nov 10   On this day in history gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54  

Nov 10   Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight on this day in history.  

Nov 11   Jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Nov 11   John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)  

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1968 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   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73  

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