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 in the year 1968.  

Feb 16   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 healey Willan, composer, dies at 87  

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

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

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   On this day in history sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79  

Feb 19   Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Anthony Asquith, dies in the year 1968.  

Feb 20   On this day in history john Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth  

Feb 20   On this day in history state troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A &M  

Feb 21   In the year 1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin  

Feb 21   Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 in the year 1968.  

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

Feb 22   Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 23   On this day in history fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78  

Feb 23   On this day in history wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBAer to score 25,000 points  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 25   Makarios re-elected President of Cyprus on this day in history.  

Feb 26   On this day in history clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission  

Feb 26   Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55 in the year 1968.  

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   1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) in the year 1968.  

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.  

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   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.  

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

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)