Page 16: Historical Events In 1968

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

Oct 19   In the year 1968 golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars   

Oct 20   Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84 in the year 1968.   

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

Oct 22   In the year 1968 apollo 7 returns to Earth   

Oct 23   Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec) on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail in the year 1968.   

Oct 25   In the year 1968 chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler   

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   On this day in history erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

Oct 26   Soyuz 3 launched in the year 1968.   

Oct 26   The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 01   Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   In the year 1968 ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56   

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   In the year 1968 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 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   On this day in history jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37   

Nov 10   Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 11   Jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47 in the year 1968.   

Nov 11   In the year 1968 john Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album   

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

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)