Page 6: Historical Events In 1968

Mar 10   In the year 1968 ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington New Zealand (200 killed)   

Mar 10   On this day in history helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47   

Mar 11   On this day in history anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting   

Mar 11   Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet in the year 1968.   

Mar 11   On this day in history otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay"   

Mar 12   On this day in history mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Mar 12   Mauritius, in the Indian ocean island, granted independence after 158 years of British rule in the year 1968.   

Mar 12   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Mar 13   Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK in the year 1968.   

Mar 14   CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA in the year 1968.   

Mar 14   On this day in history erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies   

Mar 15   In the year 1968 british minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns   

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 in the year 1968.   

Mar 15   In Ottawa the government suspends gold trading by Canadian banks and dealers; to dampen speculation on this day in history.   

Mar 15   In the year 1968 lIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"   

Mar 15   In the year 1968 uprising in South Yemen   

Mar 15   US Mint stops buying and selling gold on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1968 june Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60   

Mar 16   My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die in the year 1968.   

Mar 16   In the year 1968 robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign   

Mar 17   On this day in history 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington DC by US and 6 European nations   

Mar 18   In the year 1968 congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve   

Mar 18   Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1968 howard University students seize administration building   

Mar 20   In the year 1968 carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies   

Mar 20   Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1968 president Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money   

Mar 21   On this day in history israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases   

Mar 21   Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tomé on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia   

Mar 22   On this day in history lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone   

Mar 22   On this day in history student riot in Nanterre near Paris France   

Mar 23   Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49 in the year 1968.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

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

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

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)