Page 11: Historical Events In 1968

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

Jun 05   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 on this day in history.   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day   

Jun 05   US Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles in the year 1968.   

Jun 06   On this day in history franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies   

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

Jun 07   On this day in history dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60   

Jun 07   Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination on this day in history.   

Jun 08   On this day in history gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"   

Jun 08   James Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport on this day in history.   

Jun 08   On this day in history new colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted   

Jun 08   Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1968.   

Jun 12   Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1968.   

Jun 14   On this day in history karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51   

Jun 15   John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral in the year 1968.   

Jun 15   On this day in history samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing in the year 1968.   

Jun 19   On this day in history 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign   

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   On this day in history supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1968 resurrection City closed   

Jun 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague   

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

Jun 28   On this day in history daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers   

Jun 29   Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1968.   

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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   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.