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

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

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

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 in the year 1968.   

Apr 11   On this day in history pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act   

Apr 14   On this day in history roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card   

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   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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81   

Apr 20   Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1968 united Methodist Church forms   

Apr 24   Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC in the year 1968.   

Apr 24   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 "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   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

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

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

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

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