Page 14: Historical Events In 1968

Aug 22   In the year 1968 the first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)   

Aug 23   In the year 1968 ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily   

Aug 24   Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies in the year 1968.   

Aug 24   France became world's 5th thermonuclear power on this day in history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1968 france becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.   

Aug 25   In the year 1968 john George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70   

Aug 26   On this day in history kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65   

Aug 27   Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 in the year 1968.   

Aug 28   Anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president on this day in history.   

Aug 28   In the year 1968 john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

Aug 28   In the year 1968 police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven   

Aug 29   Victor Sutherland, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Aug 30   In the year 1968 death of CEW Bean, founder of the Australian War Memorial and editor of the Official history of Australia in the war of 1914-18   

Aug 30   John and Yoko Lennon's One on One concert at Madison Square Garden raises $250,000 to help mentally retarded children in the year 1968.   

Aug 30   The first record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude) in the year 1968.   

Aug 30   William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Aug 31   6,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran in the year 1968.   

Aug 31   On this day in history dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60   

Aug 31   In the year 1968 in Iran a 7.3 earthquake was centered about 250 kilometers south of Mashhad. There were 12,000 to 20,000 deaths, many injuries, and over 60,000 homeless   

Aug 31   Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover in the year 1968.   

Sep 01   Granville English, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1968.   

Sep 01   Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting in the year 1968.   

Sep 02   Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Sep 05   21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan on this day in history.   

Sep 05   Juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Sep 06   In the year 1968 karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69   

Sep 06   Swaziland becomes an independent member of the British Commonwealth in the year 1968.   

Sep 06   In the year 1968 swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Sep 09   In the year 1968 the fir1st US Open, Arthur Ashe wins   

Sep 15   Launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry on this day in history.   

Sep 16   On this day in history richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in&quot   

Sep 17   Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1968 franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63   

Sep 19   On this day in history a baby was born on Golden Gate Bridge yes the event slowed traffic   

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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   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

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   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.