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 in the year 1968.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 25   On this day in history chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler  

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

Oct 25   On this day in history yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby  

Oct 26   Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 on this day in history.  

Oct 26   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 02   Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 05   In the year 1968 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   Guillaume Landre, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1968.  

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

Nov 08   Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John in the year 1968.  

Nov 08   In the year 1968 wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54  

Nov 09   Jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Nov 10   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47  

Nov 11   John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album in the year 1968.  

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star  

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  

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   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79  

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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)