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 in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail   

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

Oct 25   In the year 1968 jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies   

Oct 25   Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby in the year 1968.   

Oct 26   Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 in the year 1968.   

Oct 26   In the year 1968 soyuz 3 launched   

Oct 26   On this day in history the Flushing Meadow Park Zoo opens in New York City.   

Oct 27   In the year 1968 lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89   

Oct 28   On this day in history henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85   

Oct 29   Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1968.   

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

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   On this day in history ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], actor (Ben Hur), dies at 69   

Nov 01   Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 05   On this day in history nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for Presidency   

Nov 06   In the year 1968 guillaume Landre, composer, dies at 63   

Nov 07   In the year 1968 willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies   

Nov 08   Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight   

Nov 11   Jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47 in the year 1968.   

Nov 11   On this day in history john Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album   

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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   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   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

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   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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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)