Page 7: Historical Events In 1968

Mar 24   In the year 1968 howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61   

Mar 24   Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 1968 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Mar 26   On this day in history operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta   

Mar 27   Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco on this day in history.   

Mar 27   On this day in history suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia   

Mar 27   On this day in history yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34   

Mar 28   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

Mar 29   In the year 1968 students seize building at Bowie State College   

Mar 30   In the year 1968 general Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia   

Mar 31   On this day in history president Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he will not seek reelection to the presidency   

Apr 01   On this day in history lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59   

Apr 02   Beatles form Python Music Ltd in the year 1968.   

Apr 02   On this day in history chad creates Union of Central African States   

Apr 03   In the year 1968 n Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks   

Apr 03   On this day in history north Vietnam agrees to meet US representatives to set up preliminary peace talks   

Apr 04   In the year 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances   

Apr 04   "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 perfs on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned in the year 1968.   

Apr 04   Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in the year 1968.   

Apr 04   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39   

Apr 04   On this day in history rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis   

Apr 05   Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens in the year 1968.   

Apr 05   Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 in the year 1968.   

Apr 05   On this day in history uS marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled   

Apr 06   94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) in the year 1968.   

Apr 06   HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas in the year 1968.   

Apr 06   USS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car in the year 1968.   

Apr 07   In the year 1968 jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   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   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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)