Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   In the year 1968 dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68   

Jun 05   On this day in history sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day   

Jun 05   On this day in history uS Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles   

Jun 06   Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles in the year 1968.   

Jun 07   Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60 in the year 1968.   

Jun 07   On this day in history sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 james Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport.   

Jun 08   New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted on this day in history.   

Jun 08   Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" in the year 1968.   

Jun 10   On this day in history yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65   

Jun 12   Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1968 karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51   

Jun 15   In the year 1968 john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral   

Jun 15   Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 in the year 1968.   

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing on this day in history.   

Jun 19   50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign in the year 1968.   

Jun 20   In the year 1968 jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds   

Jun 21   Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 in the year 1968.   

Jun 21   In the year 1968 supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1968 deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion   

Jun 24   In the year 1968 joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 24   Resurrection City closed on this day in history.   

Jun 25   In the year 1968 tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43   

Jun 26   In the year 1968 iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US   

Jun 27   Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague on this day in history.   

Jun 27   Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies in the year 1968.   

Jun 28   In the year 1968 daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers   

Jun 29   Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 in the year 1968.   

Jun 30   Gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections on this day in history.   

Jun 30   John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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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   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

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

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.