Page 8: Historical Events In 1968

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 in the year 1968.   

Apr 08   40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King on this day in history.   

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

Apr 09   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr, buried   

Apr 09   On this day in history new socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect   

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   Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card on this day in history.   

Apr 15   In the year 1968 boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73   

Apr 16   In the year 1968 edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82   

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

Apr 17   Margaret Seddon, dies at 95 in the year 1968.   

Apr 17   In the year 1968 p Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson,   

Apr 18   On this day in history sF's Old Hall of Justice demolished   

Apr 19   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 in the year 1968.   

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   Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM in the year 1968.   

Apr 21   On this day in history norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69   

Apr 21   In the year 1968 toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt   

Apr 23   United Methodist Church forms in the year 1968.   

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

Apr 24   On this day in history norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62   

Apr 26   Students seize administration building at Ohio State on this day in history.   

Apr 26   On this day in history uS underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device   

Apr 27   In the year 1968 jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title   

Apr 28   On this day in history 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old   

Apr 28   In the year 1968 t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya   

Apr 29   On this day in history "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances   

May 01   In the year 1968 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   Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

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

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

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

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.