Historical Events In 1968

Mar 24   On this day in history howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61   

Mar 24   In the year 1968 mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational   

Mar 25   On this day in history douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood   

Mar 25   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta   

Mar 27   Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34 in the year 1968.   

Mar 28   On this day in history actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.   

Mar 29   On this day in history in Ethiopia a 6.3 earthquake completely razed the town of Sardo, killing 24 persons and injuring 165   

Mar 29   Students seize building at Bowie State College on this day in history.   

Mar 30   On this day in history general Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia   

Mar 31   In the year 1968 president Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he will not seek reelection to the presidency   

Apr 01   On this day in history lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59   

Apr 02   Beatles form Python Music Ltd on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Chad creates Union of Central African States in the year 1968.   

Apr 03   On this day in history n Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks   

Apr 03   On this day in history north Vietnam agrees to meet US representatives to set up preliminary peace talks   

Apr 04   On this day in history "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances   

Apr 04   "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 perfs in the year 1968.   

Apr 04   Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned on this day in history.   

Apr 04   On this day in history civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.   

Apr 04   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39   

Apr 04   In the year 1968 rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis   

Apr 05   Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens in the year 1968.   

Apr 05   Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 on this day in history.   

Apr 05   US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled on this day in history.   

Apr 06   94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution on this day in history.   

Apr 06   On this day in history bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death   

Apr 06   Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) in the year 1968.   

Apr 06   HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas in the year 1968.   

Apr 06   On this day in history uSS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam   

Apr 07   Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car in the year 1968.   

Apr 07   Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car 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   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

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   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)