Page 14: Historical Events In 1968

Aug 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies   

Aug 24   France became world's 5th thermonuclear power in the year 1968.   

Aug 24   France becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific on this day in history.   

Aug 25   John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70 in the year 1968.   

Aug 26   Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65 in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

Aug 28   Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven in the year 1968.   

Aug 29   Victor Sutherland, dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

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

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

Aug 30   The first record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   In the year 1968 william Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53   

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

Aug 31   Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 in the year 1968.   

Aug 31   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 in the year 1968.   

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

Sep 01   Granville English, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Sep 01   On this day in history pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting   

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

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

Sep 05   On this day in history juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73   

Sep 06   On this day in history karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69   

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

Sep 06   On this day in history swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

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

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

Sep 16   Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in&quot in the year 1968.   

Sep 17   On this day in history zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon   

Sep 18   Franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 in the year 1968.   

Sep 19   In the year 1968 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.