Page 7: Historical Events In 1968

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

Mar 24   On this day in history mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational   

Mar 25   Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood in the year 1968.   

Mar 25   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1968.   

Mar 26   Operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta on this day in history.   

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

Mar 27   Suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia in the year 1968.   

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

Mar 28   Actress Lucy Lawless was born this day on this day in history.   

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   Students seize building at Bowie State College on this day in history.   

Mar 30   General Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

Mar 31   President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he will not seek reelection to the presidency in the year 1968.   

Apr 01   Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 02   Chad creates Union of Central African States on this day in history.   

Apr 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

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

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

Apr 04   On this day in history apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned   

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

Apr 04   In the year 1968 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 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 in the year 1968.   

Apr 06   On this day in history gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)   

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 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   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1968 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   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   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)