Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jun 05   Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68 in the year 1968.   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day   

Jun 05   On this day in history uS Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles   

Jun 06   Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies in the year 1968.   

Jun 06   Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

Jun 07   Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60 on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination   

Jun 08   On this day in history gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"   

Jun 08   James Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport in the year 1968.   

Jun 08   New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash"   

Jun 10   Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1968.   

Jun 12   Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1968.   

Jun 14   On this day in history karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51   

Jun 15   John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral in the year 1968.   

Jun 15   Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing in the year 1968.   

Jun 19   On this day in history 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign   

Jun 20   On this day in history jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds   

Jun 21   On this day in history ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91   

Jun 21   On this day in history supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   Resurrection City closed in the year 1968.   

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   On this day in history iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US   

Jun 27   Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague on this day in history.   

Jun 27   Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 28   On this day in history daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers   

Jun 29   On this day in history kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66   

Jun 30   In the year 1968 gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections   

Jun 30   John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 in the year 1968.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.   

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   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

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.