Historical Events In 1968

Oct 18   Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 in the year 1968.   

Oct 19   In the year 1968 golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars   

Oct 20   Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on this day in history.   

Oct 22   Apollo 7 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec)   

Oct 24   Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail on this day in history.   

Oct 25   On this day in history chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler   

Oct 25   Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies in the year 1968.   

Oct 25   In the year 1968 yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby   

Oct 26   In the year 1968 erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52   

Oct 26   Soyuz 3 launched in the year 1968.   

Oct 26   The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City in the year 1968.   

Oct 27   On this day in history lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89   

Oct 28   Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85 in the year 1968.   

Oct 29   Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Oct 30   In the year 1968 conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78   

Oct 31   In the year 1968 linda Eastman moves to UK permanently   

Oct 31   President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam in the year 1968.   

Oct 31   In the year 1968 ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], actor (Ben Hur), dies at 69   

Nov 01   Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80 in the year 1968.   

Nov 02   On this day in history ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56   

Nov 04   In the year 1968 paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78   

Nov 05   Estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

Nov 05   Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for Presidency on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Guillaume Landre, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Nov 07   Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies in the year 1968.   

Nov 08   On this day in history cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John   

Nov 08   On this day in history wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54   

Nov 09   Jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Nov 10   In the year 1968 gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54   

Nov 10   Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight on this day in history.   

Nov 11   In the year 1968 jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47   

Nov 11   In the year 1968 john Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album   

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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   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 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

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   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 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.