Historical Events In 1968

Feb 15   In the year 1968 little Walter, rocker, dies at 37  

Feb 16   Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on this day in history.  

Feb 16   On this day in history country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL  

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

Feb 16   Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1968.  

Feb 17   Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin in the year 1968.  

Feb 18   10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France in the year 1968.  

Feb 18   On this day in history david Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd  

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   In the year 1968 anthony Asquith, dies  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 21   In the year 1968 anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65  

Feb 21   Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 in the year 1968.  

Feb 22   On this day in history omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71  

Feb 22   On this day in history rock group Genesis release their first record "The Silent Sun"  

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) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 24   On this day in history gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games  

Feb 24   US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam on this day in history.  

Feb 25   430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea in the year 1968.  

Feb 25   Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96 in the year 1968.  

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

Feb 26   Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission in the year 1968.  

Feb 26   In the year 1968 eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55  

Feb 27   In the year 1968 johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85  

Feb 28   Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion  

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.  

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 in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 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   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 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   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.