Page 4: Historical Events In 1968

Feb 15   Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1968 beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi   

Feb 16   Country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL in the year 1968.   

Feb 16   Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history healey Willan, composer, dies at 87   

Feb 17   Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 in the year 1968.   

Feb 18   10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history 10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France   

Feb 18   David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd in the year 1968.   

Feb 18   Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Feb 19   On this day in history ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65   

Feb 20   Anthony Asquith, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 20   John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth on this day in history.   

Feb 20   State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A &M in the year 1968.   

Feb 21   150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

Feb 21   In the year 1968 baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000   

Feb 22   In the year 1968 omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71   

Feb 22   Rock group Genesis release their first record "The Silent Sun" on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 in the year 1968.   

Feb 23   Wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBAer to score 25,000 points in the year 1968.   

Feb 24   A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) in the year 1968.   

Feb 24   On this day in history discovery of the first pulsar in space   

Feb 24   Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games in the year 1968.   

Feb 24   In the year 1968 uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

Feb 25   On this day in history 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea   

Feb 25   On this day in history camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96   

Feb 25   In the year 1968 makarios re-elected President of Cyprus   

Feb 26   In the year 1968 clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission   

Feb 26   On this day in history eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55   

Feb 27   On this day in history johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85   

Feb 28   On this day in history doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41   

Feb 28   Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air in the year 1968.   

Feb 29   On this day in history 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)   

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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   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.   

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   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

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

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died in the year 1968.   

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.