Page 7: Historical Events In 1968

Mar 31   President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he will not seek reelection to the presidency   

Apr 01   Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59.   

Apr 02   Beatles form Python Music Ltd   

Apr 02   Chad creates Union of Central African States.   

Apr 03   N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks.   

Apr 03   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.   

Apr 04   "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 perfs.   

Apr 04   Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned   

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

Apr 04   Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39.   

Apr 04   Rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis.   

Apr 05   Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens.   

Apr 05   Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44.   

Apr 05   US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled.   

Apr 06   94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution.   

Apr 06   Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death.   

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

Apr 06   HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas   

Apr 06   USS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam   

Apr 07   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.   

Apr 07   Jim Clark, two-time F1 World Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500, dies in a racing accident during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany   

Apr 08   40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King.   

Apr 08   The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna"   

Apr 09   Martin Luther King Jr, buried.   

Apr 09   New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect   

Apr 09   Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference   

Apr 11   Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act.   

Apr 14   Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card   

Apr 15   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73   

Apr 16   Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82   

Apr 17   "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs.   

Apr 17   Margaret Seddon, dies at 95   

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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)