Page 16: Historical Events In 1968

Oct 24   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.   

Oct 25   Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies.   

Oct 25   Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby   

Oct 26   Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

Oct 26   Soyuz 3 launched   

Oct 26   The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City   

Oct 27   Lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89.   

Oct 28   Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85.   

Oct 29   Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78.   

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

Oct 31   Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently.   

Oct 31   President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam.   

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

Nov 01   Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80.   

Nov 02   Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56   

Nov 04   Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78   

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

Nov 05   Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) and George C Wallace for Presidency   

Nov 06   Guillaume Landre, composer, dies at 63   

Nov 07   Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3000 meter), dies.   

Nov 08   Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John   

Nov 08   Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54.   

Nov 09   Jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37.   

Nov 10   Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54   

Nov 10   Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight   

Nov 11   Jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47   

Nov 11   John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album   

Nov 11   Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic   

Nov 12   KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting.   

Nov 13   Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP   

Nov 14   "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning   

Nov 16   Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74   

Nov 17   "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances   

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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)