Historical Events In 1968

Jul 26   On this day in history lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies   

Jul 27   In the year 1968 anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies   

Jul 27   In the year 1968 race Riot in Gary Indiana   

Jul 28   Charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies at 70 in the year 1968.   

Jul 29   Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption on this day in history.   

Jul 29   Pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control on this day in history.   

Jul 30   On this day in history beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away   

Jul 30   In the year 1968 jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69   

Jul 31   In the year 1968 beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free   

Jul 31   Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 in the year 1968.   

Aug 03   In the year 1968 constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71   

Aug 04   100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif in the year 1968.   

Aug 05   Luther Perkins American guitarist in the year 1968.   

Aug 06   Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Aug 08   On this day in history race riot in Miami Florida   

Aug 09   On this day in history yugoslav president Tito visits Prague   

Aug 11   In the year 1968 lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

Aug 12   On this day in history pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81   

Aug 14   In the Northern Celebesa a 7.4 earthquake caused tsunami waves, reaching up to 300 meters inland,took some 200 lives and destroyed 700 houses. Wave heights were estimated at 8 to 10 meters on this day in history.   

Aug 15   Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Aug 15   In the year 1968 pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting   

Aug 16   Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Aug 19   Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44 on this day in history.   

Aug 20   On this day in history 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia   

Aug 20   Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia in the year 1968.   

Aug 21   After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Democratic Convention opens in Chicago in the year 1968.   

Aug 21   Radio Prague (Czech) at 12 50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement in the year 1968.   

Aug 21   Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45 in the year 1968.   

Aug 21   William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 1968 cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

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

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

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   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

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   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)