Historical Events In 1968

Apr 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King  

Apr 08   On this day in history the Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".  

Apr 09   Martin Luther King Jr, buried in the year 1968.  

Apr 09   New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect in the year 1968.  

Apr 09   Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference on this day in history.  

Apr 11   Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act on this day in history.  

Apr 14   In the year 1968 roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card  

Apr 15   On this day in history boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73  

Apr 16   On this day in history edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82  

Apr 17   On this day in history "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs  

Apr 17   Margaret Seddon, dies at 95 on this day in history.  

Apr 17   On this day in history p Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson,  

Apr 18   SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished on this day in history.  

Apr 19   In the year 1968 dedication of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Prime Minister John Gorton The memorial is a copy of the original unveiled at Port Said, Egypt, by former Prime Minister William Morris Hughes in 1932  

Apr 19   On this day in history the first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon  

Apr 19   Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 in the year 1968.  

Apr 20   Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 on this day in history.  

Apr 20   In the year 1968 pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM  

Apr 21   In the year 1968 norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69  

Apr 21   On this day in history toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt  

Apr 23   United Methodist Church forms on this day in history.  

Apr 24   On this day in history leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC  

Apr 24   In the year 1968 norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62  

Apr 26   In the year 1968 students seize administration building at Ohio State  

Apr 26   US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device on this day in history.  

Apr 27   On this day in history jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title  

Apr 28   In the year 1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old  

Apr 28   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya in the year 1968.  

Apr 29   In the year 1968 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances  

May 01   On this day in history harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71  

May 01   On this day in history legoland, in Denmark, opens  

May 02   On this day in history donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69  

May 02   Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London 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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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.