Historical Events In 1968

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

Aug 23   Ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily in the year 1968.   

Aug 24   On this day in history cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies   

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

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

Aug 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61   

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

Aug 28   John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies in the year 1968.   

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

Aug 29   In the year 1968 victor Sutherland, dies at 79   

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   On this day in history william Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover   

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

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

Sep 02   In the year 1968 ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82   

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 in the year 1968.   

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   Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1968 richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in&quot   

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

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

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   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   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

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 in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died in the year 1968.   

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.