Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths In 1968
Thursday, 25 July 2024
Jan 02 On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies 
Jan 04 In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83
Jan 05 In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79
Jan 06 In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
Jan 07 In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)
Jan 09 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.
Jan 10 In the year 1968 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)
Jan 13 On this day in history bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later
Jan 14 Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885) died on this day in history.
Jan 15 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies in the year 1968.
Jan 16 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84 in the year 1968.
Jan 17 On this day in history julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83
Jan 18 On this day in history bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72
Jan 19 Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879) died in the year 1968.
Jan 21 In the year 1968 death of will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)
Jan 22 On this day in history duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77
Jan 25 On this day in history virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31
Jan 26 In the year 1968 death of merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883)
Jan 29 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies in the year 1968.
Jan 30 On this day in history tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81
Feb 01 On this day in history lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
Feb 04 Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 in the year 1968.
Feb 05 In the year 1968 luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80
Feb 06 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 on this day in history.
Feb 07 In the year 1968 death of nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36
Feb 08 J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56 on this day in history.
Feb 09 In the year 1968 barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77
Feb 10 Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 in the year 1968.
Feb 11 Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 in the year 1968.
Feb 13 Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
Feb 15 On this day in history little Walter, rocker, dies at 37
Feb 16 Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1968.
Feb 17 Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 on this day in history.