Page 7: Historical Events In 1968

Mar 24   On this day in history howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61   

Mar 24   In the year 1968 mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational   

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

Mar 25   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Mar 26   Operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta in the year 1968.   

Mar 27   In the year 1968 japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco   

Mar 27   In the year 1968 suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia   

Mar 27   Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34 in the year 1968.   

Mar 28   On this day in history actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.   

Mar 29   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

Apr 02   Beatles form Python Music Ltd on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Chad creates Union of Central African States in the year 1968.   

Apr 03   N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 04   In the year 1968 rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis   

Apr 05   In the year 1968 jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens   

Apr 05   Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 on this day in history.   

Apr 05   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)   

Apr 06   On this day in history hemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas   

Apr 06   USS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam in the year 1968.   

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

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

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