Page 8: Historical Events In 1968

Apr 07   In the year 1968 jim Clark, two-time F1 World Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500, dies in a racing accident during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany.   

Apr 08   40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King on this day in history.   

Apr 08   The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna" on this day in history.   

Apr 09   Martin Luther King Jr, buried in the year 1968.   

Apr 09   In the year 1968 new socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect   

Apr 09   Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference on this day in history.   

Apr 11   In the year 1968 pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act   

Apr 14   In the year 1968 roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card   

Apr 15   On this day in history boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73   

Apr 16   In the year 1968 edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82   

Apr 17   "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs on this day in history.   

Apr 17   Margaret Seddon, dies at 95 in the year 1968.   

Apr 17   On this day in history p Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson,   

Apr 18   In the year 1968 sF's Old Hall of Justice demolished   

Apr 19   Dedication of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Prime Minister John Gorton The memorial is a copy of the original unveiled at Port Said, Egypt, by former Prime Minister William Morris Hughes in 1932 on this day in history.   

Apr 19   The first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon in the year 1968.   

Apr 19   Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Apr 20   Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 on this day in history.   

Apr 20   In the year 1968 pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM   

Apr 21   Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1968 toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt   

Apr 23   United Methodist Church forms in the year 1968.   

Apr 24   In the year 1968 leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC   

Apr 24   Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62 in the year 1968.   

Apr 26   In the year 1968 students seize administration building at Ohio State   

Apr 26   On this day in history uS underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device   

Apr 27   On this day in history jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title   

Apr 28   On this day in history 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old   

Apr 28   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya on this day in history.   

Apr 29   "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances in the year 1968.   

May 01   Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 in the year 1968.   

May 01   In the year 1968 legoland, in Denmark, opens   

May 02   On this day in history donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

May 02   Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London on this day in history.   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   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   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 in the year 1968.