Page 8: Historical Events In 1968

Apr 07   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Apr 08   The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna" in the year 1968.   

Apr 09   In the year 1968 martin Luther King Jr, buried   

Apr 09   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Apr 14   Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card in the year 1968.   

Apr 15   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1968.   

Apr 16   Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs in the year 1968.   

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

Apr 17   P Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson, in the year 1968.   

Apr 18   In the year 1968 sF's Old Hall of Justice demolished   

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

Apr 19   In the year 1968 tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61   

Apr 20   Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 in the year 1968.   

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

Apr 21   Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Apr 21   Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt in the year 1968.   

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

Apr 24   Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC on this day in history.   

Apr 24   Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 01   Legoland, in Denmark, opens in the year 1968.   

May 02   In the year 1968 donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

May 02   In the year 1968 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 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

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