Page 8: Historical Events In 1968

Apr 09   Martin Luther King Jr, buried   

Apr 09   New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect.   

Apr 09   Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference   

Apr 11   Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act.   

Apr 14   Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card.   

Apr 15   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73.   

Apr 16   Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82.   

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

Apr 17   Margaret Seddon, dies at 95.   

Apr 17   P Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson,   

Apr 18   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.   

Apr 19   In this year, The inaugural American since 1957 claims the 72nd Boston Marathon.   

Apr 19   Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61   

Apr 20   Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81.   

Apr 20   Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM.   

Apr 21   Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69.   

Apr 21   Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt   

Apr 23   United Methodist Church forms.   

Apr 24   Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC   

Apr 24   Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62.   

Apr 26   Students seize administration building at Ohio State.   

Apr 26   US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device   

Apr 27   Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title.   

Apr 28   11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old   

Apr 28   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya   

Apr 29   "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances.   

May 01   Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71.   

May 01   Legoland, in Denmark, opens.   

May 02   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.   

May 02   Israeli television begins transmitting.   

May 03   Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON is recorded as becoming Radio Veronica International.   

May 03   Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86.   

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Jan 02   Cuba gooding jr: Actor (boyz n the hood, glaadiator, few good men)   

Jan 02   Scott mitchell: Nfl quarterback (detroit lions)   

Jan 02   Anky van grunsven: Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan parke: Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent carlsson: Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   Kerry huffman: Peterborough, nhl defenseman (phila flyers, ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon sturges: Actress (savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas rayam: Cfl offensive linebacker (edmonton eskimos)   

Jan 02   Sanoesi pane: Indonesian writer,    

Jan 04   Joseph pholien: Belgian pm (1950-52) communist fighter,   

Jan 05   Jean murat: Actor (on the riviera),    

Jan 06   Kurt baschwitz: Germ/dutch sociologist/journalist (heksen),    

Jan 07   Prof james smith: South african ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   Kokichi tsuburaya: Japanese marathoner (oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   Basil sydney: Actor (hamlet, simba),    

Jan 11   Isidor isaac rabi: American physicist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1898)