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 on this day in history.   

Apr 08   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 martin Luther King Jr, buried   

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

Apr 09   In the year 1968 ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference   

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

Apr 14   On this day in history 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   Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82 in the year 1968.   

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 in the year 1968.   

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

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

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   In the year 1968 the first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon   

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

Apr 21   Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1968.   

Apr 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history students seize administration building at Ohio State   

Apr 26   In the year 1968 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   11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old in the year 1968.   

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

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

May 01   Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 in the year 1968.   

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

May 02   Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69 in the year 1968.   

May 02   Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London on this day in history.   

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

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   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)