Page 4: Historical Events In 1968

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

Feb 16   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"   

Feb 16   Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65   

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

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

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 in the year 1968.   

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

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

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   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   In the year 1968 fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78   

Feb 23   Wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBAer to score 25,000 points on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1968 gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games   

Feb 24   On this day in history uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

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

Feb 25   Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

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) on this day in history.   

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.   

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

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   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   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

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 in the year 1968.   

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