Page 14: Historical Events In 1968

Aug 22   The first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily in the year 1968.   

Aug 24   Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies in the year 1968.   

Aug 24   France became world's 5th thermonuclear power on this day in history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1968 france becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.   

Aug 25   In the year 1968 john George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70   

Aug 26   On this day in history kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65   

Aug 27   Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 in the year 1968.   

Aug 28   In the year 1968 anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president.   

Aug 28   On this day in history john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

Aug 28   On this day in history police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven   

Aug 29   On this day in history victor Sutherland, dies at 79   

Aug 30   Death of CEW Bean, founder of the Australian War Memorial and editor of the Official history of Australia in the war of 1914-18 in the year 1968.   

Aug 30   In the year 1968 john and Yoko Lennon's One on One concert at Madison Square Garden raises $250,000 to help mentally retarded children.   

Aug 30   The first record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude) in the year 1968.   

Aug 30   In the year 1968 william Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53   

Aug 31   6,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 in the year 1968.   

Aug 31   In Iran a 7.3 earthquake was centered about 250 kilometers south of Mashhad. There were 12,000 to 20,000 deaths, many injuries, and over 60,000 homeless in the year 1968.   

Aug 31   In the year 1968 private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover   

Sep 01   In the year 1968 granville English, composer, dies at 69   

Sep 01   Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting in the year 1968.   

Sep 02   Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 in the year 1968.   

Sep 05   In the year 1968 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan   

Sep 05   In the year 1968 juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73   

Sep 06   On this day in history karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69   

Sep 06   Swaziland becomes an independent member of the British Commonwealth in the year 1968.   

Sep 06   In the year 1968 swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Sep 09   The fir1st US Open, Arthur Ashe wins on this day in history.   

Sep 15   In the year 1968 launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry.   

Sep 16   In the year 1968 richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in&quot   

Sep 17   On this day in history zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon   

Sep 18   On this day in history franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63   

Sep 19   On this day in history a baby was born on Golden Gate Bridge yes the event slowed traffic   

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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   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

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

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.