Historical Events In 1968

Mar 24   Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61 in the year 1968.   

Mar 24   Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational in the year 1968.   

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

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

Mar 27   Suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59   

Apr 02   On this day in history beatles form Python Music Ltd   

Apr 02   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances   

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 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   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   In the year 1968 lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44   

Apr 05   US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled on this day in history.   

Apr 06   In the year 1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution   

Apr 06   On this day in history bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death   

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

Apr 06   In the year 1968 hemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas   

Apr 06   In the year 1968 uSS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam   

Apr 07   Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car 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   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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)