Historical Events In 1968

Mar 10   Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington New Zealand (200 killed) on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47   

Mar 11   In the year 1968 anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting   

Mar 11   In the year 1968 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet   

Mar 11   Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" on this day in history.   

Mar 12   On this day in history mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Mar 12   On this day in history mauritius, in the Indian ocean island, granted independence after 158 years of British rule   

Mar 12   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Mar 13   Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK in the year 1968.   

Mar 14   In the year 1968 cBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA   

Mar 14   On this day in history erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies   

Mar 15   British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns on this day in history.   

Mar 15   In the year 1968 diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri   

Mar 15   In Ottawa the government suspends gold trading by Canadian banks and dealers; to dampen speculation on this day in history.   

Mar 15   LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" in the year 1968.   

Mar 15   On this day in history uprising in South Yemen   

Mar 15   On this day in history uS Mint stops buying and selling gold   

Mar 16   During the Vietnam War, a U.S. Army platoon from Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, massacres over four hundred unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai in the district of Song My on this day in history.   

Mar 16   On this day in history june Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60   

Mar 16   My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1968 robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign   

Mar 17   In the year 1968 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington DC by US and 6 European nations   

Mar 18   Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve in the year 1968.   

Mar 18   In the year 1968 manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85   

Mar 19   Howard University students seize administration building in the year 1968.   

Mar 20   Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1968 military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)   

Mar 20   In the year 1968 president Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money   

Mar 21   On this day in history israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases   

Mar 21   Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tomé in the year 1968.   

Mar 22   Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone   

Mar 22   Student riot in Nanterre near Paris France on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49 in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

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 in the year 1968.   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)