Page 8: Historical Events In 1968

Apr 07   In the year 1968 jim Clark, two-time F1 World Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500, dies in a racing accident during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany.   

Apr 08   In the year 1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King   

Apr 08   In the year 1968 the Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, " Lady Madonna".   

Apr 09   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr, buried   

Apr 09   In the year 1968 new socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect   

Apr 09   Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference in the year 1968.   

Apr 11   In the year 1968 pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act   

Apr 14   On this day in history roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card   

Apr 15   In the year 1968 boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73   

Apr 16   Edna Ferber, American author (American Beauty), dies at 82 in the year 1968.   

Apr 17   In the year 1968 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs   

Apr 17   On this day in history margaret Seddon, dies at 95   

Apr 17   On this day in history p Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson,   

Apr 18   SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished on this day in history.   

Apr 19   In the year 1968 dedication of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Prime Minister John Gorton The memorial is a copy of the original unveiled at Port Said, Egypt, by former Prime Minister William Morris Hughes in 1932   

Apr 19   In the year 1968 the first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon   

Apr 19   On this day in history tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61   

Apr 20   On this day in history marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81   

Apr 20   On this day in history pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM   

Apr 21   Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1968 toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt   

Apr 23   In the year 1968 united Methodist Church forms   

Apr 24   Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC in the year 1968.   

Apr 24   Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Apr 26   In the year 1968 students seize administration building at Ohio State   

Apr 26   US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device on this day in history.   

Apr 27   Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Apr 28   On this day in history 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old   

Apr 28   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya on this day in history.   

Apr 29   "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances in the year 1968.   

May 01   On this day in history harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71   

May 01   Legoland, in Denmark, opens on this day in history.   

May 02   In the year 1968 donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

May 02   Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London on this day in history.   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

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

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