Historical Events In 1968

Mar 24   Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61 in the year 1968.   

Mar 24   On this day in history mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational   

Mar 25   Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood on this day in history.   

Mar 25   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta in the year 1968.   

Mar 27   In the year 1968 japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco   

Mar 27   Suharto succeeds Sukarno as President of Indonesia on this day in history.   

Mar 27   On this day in history yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34   

Mar 28   In the year 1968 actress Lucy Lawless was born this day.   

Mar 29   In the year 1968 in Ethiopia a 6.3 earthquake completely razed the town of Sardo, killing 24 persons and injuring 165   

Mar 29   Students seize building at Bowie State College on this day in history.   

Mar 30   General Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history president Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he will not seek reelection to the presidency   

Apr 01   In the year 1968 lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59   

Apr 02   Beatles form Python Music Ltd in the year 1968.   

Apr 02   In the year 1968 chad creates Union of Central African States   

Apr 03   On this day in history n Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks   

Apr 03   North Vietnam agrees to meet US representatives to set up preliminary peace talks on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances   

Apr 04   "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 perfs on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in the year 1968.   

Apr 04   In the year 1968 martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39   

Apr 04   In the year 1968 rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis   

Apr 05   Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens in the year 1968.   

Apr 05   Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 in the year 1968.   

Apr 05   US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled on this day in history.   

Apr 06   On this day in history 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution   

Apr 06   Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) in the year 1968.   

Apr 06   In the year 1968 hemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas   

Apr 06   On this day in history uSS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam   

Apr 07   Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car on this day in history.   

Apr 07   On this day in history jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car   

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

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

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   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 on this day in history.