Page 4: Historical Events In 1968

Feb 16   Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi   

Feb 16   Country's inaugural 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL.   

Feb 16   Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art".   

Feb 16   Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87   

Feb 17   Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65   

Feb 18   10000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin.   

Feb 18   10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France.   

Feb 18   David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd   

Feb 18   Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79   

Feb 19   Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65.   

Feb 20   Anthony Asquith, dies   

Feb 20   John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth.   

Feb 20   State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A and M.   

Feb 21   150000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin.   

Feb 21   Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

Feb 21   Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10000   

Feb 22   Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71.   

Feb 22   Rock group Genesis release their inaugural record "The Silent Sun".   

Feb 23   Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78   

Feb 23   Wilt Chamberlain is recorded as becoming inaugural NBAer to score 25000 points.   

Feb 24   A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge).   

Feb 24   Discovery of the inaugural pulsar in space   

Feb 24   Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games   

Feb 24   US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam.   

Feb 25   430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea   

Feb 25   Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96.   

Feb 25   Makarios re-elected President of Cyprus.   

Feb 26   Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission.   

Feb 26   Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55.   

Feb 27   Johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85   

Feb 28   Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41.   

Feb 28   Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air   

Feb 29   1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)   

Feb 29   Bryce Paup, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills)   

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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)