Historical Events In 1968

Apr 07   On this day in history 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.   

Apr 08   On this day in history 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King   

Apr 08   In the year 1968 the Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".   

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

Apr 09   New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect in the year 1968.   

Apr 09   Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference in the year 1968.   

Apr 11   In the year 1968 pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act   

Apr 14   Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card on this day in history.   

Apr 15   In the year 1968 boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73   

Apr 16   On this day in history edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82   

Apr 17   In the year 1968 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs   

Apr 17   Margaret Seddon, dies at 95 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   P Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson, on this day in history.   

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   The first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon in the year 1968.   

Apr 19   Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 in the year 1968.   

Apr 20   Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 on this day in history.   

Apr 20   In the year 1968 pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM   

Apr 21   Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1968.   

Apr 21   On this day in history toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt   

Apr 23   On this day in history united Methodist Church forms   

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

Apr 24   On this day in history norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62   

Apr 26   Students seize administration building at Ohio State in the year 1968.   

Apr 26   US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device on this day in history.   

Apr 27   Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Apr 28   In the year 1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old   

Apr 28   On this day in history t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya   

Apr 29   "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances in the year 1968.   

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

May 01   Legoland, in Denmark, opens in the year 1968.   

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

May 02   Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London on this day in history.   

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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   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   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.   

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   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   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   In the year 1968 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.