Historical Events In 1968

Oct 18   Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 in the year 1968.  

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

Oct 20   On this day in history elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84  

Oct 20   Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis in the year 1968.  

Oct 22   In the year 1968 apollo 7 returns to Earth  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 25   Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies in the year 1968.  

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   Soyuz 3 launched on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history the Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City.  

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

Oct 28   Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Oct 29   On this day in history marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78  

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

Oct 31   In the year 1968 linda Eastman moves to UK permanently  

Oct 31   President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam in the year 1968.  

Oct 31   In the year 1968 ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], actor (Ben Hur), dies at 69  

Nov 01   Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80 in the year 1968.  

Nov 02   Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1968.  

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

Nov 05   On this day in history estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81  

Nov 05   On this day in history nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for Presidency  

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

Nov 07   Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies in the year 1968.  

Nov 08   On this day in history 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   Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54 in the year 1968.  

Nov 10   On this day in history launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight  

Nov 11   In the year 1968 jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47  

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   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)  

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)  

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   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)