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   In the year 1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King   

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   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   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82 in the year 1968.   

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

Apr 17   On this day in history margaret Seddon, dies at 95   

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

Apr 18   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   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   In the year 1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old   

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

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

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

May 01   Legoland, in Denmark, opens on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)