Page 4: Historical Events In 1968

Feb 15   In the year 1968 little Walter, rocker, dies at 37   

Feb 16   Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL   

Feb 16   Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1968.   

Feb 17   Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin on this day in history.   

Feb 18   10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1968 david Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd   

Feb 18   Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   On this day in history ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65   

Feb 20   On this day in history anthony Asquith, dies   

Feb 20   In the year 1968 john Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth   

Feb 20   In the year 1968 state troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A &M   

Feb 21   On this day in history 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin   

Feb 21   In the year 1968 anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65   

Feb 21   In the year 1968 baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000   

Feb 22   Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71 in the year 1968.   

Feb 22   Rock group Genesis release their first record "The Silent Sun" in the year 1968.   

Feb 23   In the year 1968 fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78   

Feb 23   In the year 1968 wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBAer to score 25,000 points   

Feb 24   A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) in the year 1968.   

Feb 24   Discovery of the first pulsar in space in the year 1968.   

Feb 24   In the year 1968 gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games   

Feb 24   US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam on this day in history.   

Feb 25   430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea in the year 1968.   

Feb 25   On this day in history camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96   

Feb 25   Makarios re-elected President of Cyprus on this day in history.   

Feb 26   Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission in the year 1968.   

Feb 26   Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55 in the year 1968.   

Feb 27   In the year 1968 johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85   

Feb 28   On this day in history doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41   

Feb 28   Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air in the year 1968.   

Feb 29   1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)