Page 6: Historical Events In 1968

Mar 14   Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies.   

Mar 15   British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown steps down.   

Mar 15   Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri   

Mar 15   In Ottawa the government suspends gold trading by Canadian banks and dealers; to dampen speculation.   

Mar 15   LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world".   

Mar 15   Uprising in South Yemen   

Mar 15   US Mint formally ends buying and selling gold   

Mar 16   During the Vietnam War, a U.S. Army platoon from Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, massacres over four hundred unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai in the district of Song My   

Mar 16   June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60.   

Mar 16   My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die   

Mar 16   Robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign   

Mar 17   2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington DC by US and 6 European nations.   

Mar 18   Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve   

Mar 18   Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85.   

Mar 19   Howard University students seize administration building   

Mar 20   Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies   

Mar 20   Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign).   

Mar 20   President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money.   

Mar 21   Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases   

Mar 22   Jarmila Novotna steps down presidency of Czechoslovakia   

Mar 22   Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone.   

Mar 22   Student riot in Nanterre near Paris France   

Mar 23   Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49   

Mar 24   Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61.   

Mar 24   In this year, Mickey Wright claims Port Malabar Golf Invitational.   

Mar 25   Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood.   

Mar 26   Operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta   

Mar 27   Japanese Trade and Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco.   

Mar 27   Suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia   

Mar 27   Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, and Seryogin, in plane crash at 34.   

Mar 28   Actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.   

Mar 29   In Ethiopia a 6.3 earthquake completely razed the town of Sardo, killing 24 persons and injuring 165.   

Mar 29   Students seize building at Bowie State College.   

Mar 30   General Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia   

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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)