Page 16: Historical Events In 1968

Oct 18   Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.   

Oct 19   On this day in history golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars   

Oct 20   On this day in history elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84   

Oct 20   On this day in history jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis.   

Oct 22   On this day in history apollo 7 returns to Earth   

Oct 23   On this day in history kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec)   

Oct 24   In the year 1968 mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail   

Oct 25   On this day in history chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler   

Oct 25   In the year 1968 jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies   

Oct 25   Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 in the year 1968.   

Oct 26   Soyuz 3 launched in the year 1968.   

Oct 26   The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City in the year 1968.   

Oct 27   In the year 1968 lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89   

Oct 28   Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Oct 29   Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1968.   

Oct 30   Conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history linda Eastman moves to UK permanently   

Oct 31   On this day in history president Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam   

Oct 31   Ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], actor (Ben Hur), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1968.   

Nov 04   In the year 1968 paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78   

Nov 05   Estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

Nov 05   In the year 1968 nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for Presidency   

Nov 06   Guillaume Landre, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1968.   

Nov 07   Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John on this day in history.   

Nov 08   In the year 1968 wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54   

Nov 09   On this day in history jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37   

Nov 10   In the year 1968 gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54   

Nov 10   Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight on this day in history.   

Nov 11   On this day in history jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47   

Nov 11   John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album in the year 1968.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 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 on this day in history.