Historical Events In 1968

Feb 15   Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 in the year 1968.   

Feb 16   Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the year 1968.   

Feb 16   Country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL in the year 1968.   

Feb 16   In the year 1968 elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"   

Feb 16   In the year 1968 healey Willan, composer, dies at 87   

Feb 17   Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1968 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin   

Feb 18   10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France in the year 1968.   

Feb 18   In the year 1968 david Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd   

Feb 18   On this day in history sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79   

Feb 19   In the year 1968 ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65   

Feb 20   In the year 1968 anthony Asquith, dies   

Feb 20   John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth on this day in history.   

Feb 20   State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A &M on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin   

Feb 21   Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000   

Feb 22   In the year 1968 omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71   

Feb 22   In the year 1968 rock group Genesis release their first record "The Silent Sun"   

Feb 23   On this day in history fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78   

Feb 23   Wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBAer to score 25,000 points on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history a pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)   

Feb 24   Discovery of the first pulsar in space in the year 1968.   

Feb 24   Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

Feb 25   In the year 1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea   

Feb 25   In the year 1968 camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96   

Feb 25   On this day in history makarios re-elected President of Cyprus   

Feb 26   Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission on this day in history.   

Feb 26   In the year 1968 eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55   

Feb 27   On this day in history johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85   

Feb 28   Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41 in the year 1968.   

Feb 28   Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air on this day in history.   

Feb 29   In the year 1968 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

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   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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   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.