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Canada - Ireland - South Africa - Sport 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... -1... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... (20th century - 21st century - 22nd century - other centuries) Definition In calendars based on the Christian Era or Common Era, such as the Gregorian calendar, the 21st century is the current century, as of this writing, lasting from 2000-2099. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... See also: 1967 in architecture, other events of 1968, 1969 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1967 in film 1968 1969 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... See also: 1967 in television, other events of 1968, 1969 in television and the list of years in television. Events March 25 - The 58th and final episode of The Monkees airs on US television. ... For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... Technology ( Gr. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1968: Events January January 21 - a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashes in the sea near Thule AFB Greenland, carrying four nuclear weapons. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1968. ... See also: Other events of 1968 List of years in science . ... See also: 1967 in Canada, 1969 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1967 in Ireland, 1969 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland. Events January 8 - An Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence ONeill meet for talks in Dublin. ... See also: 1967 in South Africa, other events of 1968, 1969 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. ... See also: 1967 in sports, 1969 in sports and the list of years in sports. General sporting events 1968 Summer Olympics takes place in Mexico City, Mexico United States wins the most medals (107), and the most gold medals (45). ...

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1967 state leaders - Events of 1968 - 1969 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 1968 List of international organization leaders in 1968 Africa Algeria - Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-1978) Burundi - Michel Micombero, President of Burundi (1966-1976) Guinea - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President...

1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). This is a calendar for a leap year starting on Monday (dominical letter GF). ...

Events

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Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc.
1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots.
The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3.4.
Nauru adopt its national anthem of the Nauru Bwiema
The Hong Kong Flu pandemic begins in Hong Kong
The International Baccalaureate Organisation was founded in 1968.

The Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded each year for the best novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. ... PLC is an initialism for: Palestinian Legislative Council (law-making body of the Palestinian Authority) Parti Libéral du Canada (the term in French for the Liberal Party of Canada) phospholipase C Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth power line communication, including broadband PLC modems Prague Linguistic Circle programmable logic controller product life cycle... This article refers to a period of history of Czechoslovakia in 1968. ... May 1968 poster: Be young and keep quiet In May 1968 a general insurrection broke out across France. ... There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ... The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit standards organization that produces industrial standards in the United States. ... The Republic of Nauru (pronounced nah-OO-roo), formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island republic in the South Pacific Ocean. ... Nauru Bwiema (Song of Nauru) is the national anthem of Nauru. ... The Hong Kong Flu was a pandemic outbreak of influenza that began in Hong Kong in 1968 and spread to the United States of America that year. ... This article is about outbreaks of disease. ... Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a group of three educational programmes and their respective examinations, as established by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). ...

January

January 5 - Alexander Dubček elected as leader of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party - the "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia
January 15 - An earthquake in Sicily - 231 dead, 262 injured
January 21 - US B-52 bomber crashes in Greenland and in the process discharges four nuclear bombs
January 23 - North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying.
January 25 - The Israeli Submarine Dakar sinks in the Mediterranean Sea - 69 dead
January 27 - French submarine sinks in the Mediterranean with 52 men
January 30 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begin when Viet Cong forces launch series of a surprise attacks in South Vietnam.
January 31 - Viet Cong attack the United States embassy in Saigon
January 31 - Nauru's president Hammer DeRoburt declares independence from Australia

January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Alexander Dubček Alexander Dubček (November 27, 1921 _ November 7, 1992) was a Slovak politician and briefly leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969). ... Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ... This article refers to a period of history of Czechoslovakia in 1968. ... Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... B-52 can refer to the following: The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft A hairstyle popular in the 1950s and 1960s, named after the aircraft A rock band, The B-52s, named after the hairstyle A cocktail This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists... A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, The Land of the Greenlanders (Kalaallit); Danish: Grønland) is a self-governed Danish territory and an Arctic island nation located in North America with shores on the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ... USS Pueblo (AGER-2) USS Pueblo, AGER-2 is a United States ship, famous for being boarded and captured by soldiers of North Korea in 1968 in what is known as the Pueblo incident. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article or section should include material from Tran Van Tra. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area - Total - % water 173,809km² N/A population - Total - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam and, as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), was the capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Republic of Nauru (pronounced nah-OO-roo), formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island republic in the South Pacific Ocean. ... Hammer DeRoburt, MP, KBE (September 25, 1922 - July 15, 1992) was the founding president of Nauru and ruled the country for most of its first twenty years of independence. ... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ...

February

February - Classical Gas by Mason Williams is released.
February 1 - Vietnam War: A Viet Cong officer is executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The execution was videotaped and photographed and helped sway public opinion against the war.
February 8 - Boeing 747 in its maiden flight
February 8 - American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the deaths of three college students
February 11 - Israeli-Jordan border clashes.
February 11 - Madison Square Garden III closes, Madison Square Garden IV opens in New York.
February 13 - Civil rights disturbances at the University of Wisconsin and University of North Carolina
February 16 - In Haleyville, Alabama the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service
February 18 - British Standard Time introduced
February 24 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted - South Vietnam recaptures Hué

February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Classical Gas is an instrumental piece by Mason Williams. ... Mason Williams (b. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... General Nguyen Ngoc Loan General Nguyen Ngoc Loan (Nguyễn Ngọc Loan) (1931 - July 14, 1998) was the Republic of Vietnams Chief of Police. ... National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area - Total - % water 173,809km² N/A population - Total - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Boeing 747, which is also known as the jumbo jet, is the second largest passenger airliner after the Airbus A380. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Bowling is the common name for several sports that involve rolling a ball towards a target or to knock down pins. ... Orangeburg is a city located in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is a country in the Middle East. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The University of Wisconsin System is the state university system in Wisconsin. ... The University of North Carolina, often called the University of North Carolina System to avoid confusion, is a federation of all sixteen public universities in North Carolina. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Haleyville is a city located in Winston County, Alabama. ... 9-1-1 or nine-one-one is the emergency telephone number for the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article or section should include material from Tran Van Tra. ... National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area - Total - % water 173,809km² N/A population - Total - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ...

March

March 7 - Vietnam War: The First Battle of Saigon begins.
March 12 - Mauritius achieves independence from British Rule
March 15 - George Brown, British Minister of Foreign affairs, resigns
March 16 - Vietnam War: My Lai massacre American troops kills scores of women and children
March 17 - A demonstration in London's Grosvenor Square against US involvement in the Vietnam War leads to violence - 91 police injured, 200 demonstrators arrested
March 18 - Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency
March 27 - Russian space pioneer Yuri Gagarin killed in a crash during a training flight.
March 31 - American President Lyndon Johnson announces he will not seek re-election.

March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... The Republic of Mauritius is an island country in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 km east of Madagascar. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... Several notable persons share the name George Brown: George Brown, later Lord George-Brown, the British politician and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Brown (Canadian politician) the Canadian journalist and politician George Brown (musician) the musician in Kool and the Gang Sir George Brown (soldier), British military officer... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... Photographs of the My Lai massacre provoked world outrage and became a national scandal. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... Grosvenor Square (pronounced Grovenor Square) is a prestigious London address long associated with the United States, located in Mayfair, an upscale neighborhood near Buckingham Palace. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Gold standard - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Seal of the Congress. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин; YOO-ree a-lek-SE-ye-veech ga-GA-reen; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human to travel into space. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years). ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...

April

April - Carl Brashear, the first African American United States Navy diver, becomes the first amputee certified to make diving missions, after a long battle which started with the accident which amputated his leg in 1966.
April 2 - Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in two department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main - 3 dead. Culprits are later arrested and sentenced for arson
April 4 - In the morning after delivering his "mountaintop" speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.
April 11 - Premiere of the musical Hair on Broadway.
April 11 - London Bridge sold to Robert McCullough for £1 million. It is later re-erected in Arizona
April 11 - Joseph Bachmann tries to assassinate Rudi Dutschke, leader of a left-wing movement APO in Germany and tries to commit suicide afterwards - failing in both
April 11 - German left-wing students blockade the Springer Press HQ in Berlin and many are arrested - one of them Ulrike Meinhof
April 20 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau becomes Canada's fifteenth prime minister.
April 20 - English politician Enoch Powell makes controversial Rivers of Blood Speech
April 23-April 30 - Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
April 23 - Surgeons at the Hopital de la Pitie, Paris, perform Europe's first heart transplant on Clovis Roblain
April 29 - Official opening of the musical Hair on Broadway.

April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... MCBM Carl Brashear along with Cuba Gooding, Jr. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... -1... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... Andreas Baader Andreas Baader (May 6, 1944 - October 18, 1977) was the first leader of the German terrorist organization Red Army Faction, commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. ... Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (August 15, 1940 - October 18, 1977) was a founder of the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF), the most famous German terrorist group. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Arson is the crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 - April 23, 1998) was the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. ... City nickname: The River City or The Bluff City Location in the state of Tennessee County Shelby County, Tennessee Area - Total - Water 763. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... This article is a text about the bridge in London. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix [[List of Governors of {{{Name}}}|Governor]] Janet Napolitano Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 km² (6th) - Land 294,312 km² - Water 942 km² (0. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... Rudi Dutschke (1967) Rudi Dutschke (March 7, 1940 - December 24, 1979) was the most prominent spokesperson of the German student protests of the 1960s. ... APO refers to: Apo; Army Post Office, the United States armed forces postal service; Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity; Apache Point Observatory (New Mexico); The Asian Productivity Organization; The American Community Properties Trust, which holds the AMEX ticker symbol APO; This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... Ulrike Meinhof (October 7, 1934, Oldenburg - May 9, 1976, Stuttgart) was a German radical leftist militant who started out as a journalist. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Name Pierre Elliott Trudeau Number Fifteenth First term April 20, 1968–June 4,1979 Second term March 3, 1980–June 30, 1984 Predecessor Lester Bowles Pearson Successors Joe Clark John Napier Turner Date of birth October 18, 1919 Place of birth Montreal, Quebec Date of death September 28, 2000 Spouse... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... John Enoch Powell MBE (June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998), British politician, became one of the most prominent figures in British politics, although he only briefly held senior office, mainly because of his highly contentious views on immigration. ... On April 20, 1968, the British politician Enoch Powell made a controversial speech in Birmingham to the annual meeting of the West Midlands Conservative Political Centre, in which he warned his audience of what he believed would be the consequences of continued immigration from the Commonwealth to Britain. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... Columbia University is a large private research university in New York City comprising, through its affiliates, five undergraduate colleges and sixteen graduate and professional schools. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... The original poster for the show. ...

May

May - "May of 68" is a symbol of the resistance of that generation. Agitations and strikes in Paris led many young to believe that a revolution was starting. Student and worker strikes sometimes referred to as the French May nearly bring down the French government
May 22 - The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores

May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... May 1968 poster: Be young and keep quiet In May 1968 a general insurrection broke out across France. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion, an arachnid having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip (hence the Scorpius constellation on its insignia). ... Flag of Azores Shaded relief map of the Azores from 1975 The Azores ( Portuguese: Açores) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. ...

June

June 1 - Helen Keller dies in her sleep in Connecticut.
June 3 – Valerie Solanas shoots at Andy Warhol in his studio
June 5 - U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Sirhan (He died on June 6)
June 8 - James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
June 20 - Austin Currie, Member of Parliament (MP) at Stormont in the six counties of northern Ireland, along with others, squats a house in Caledon to protest discrimination in housing allocations.
June 29 - Pope Paul VI announces an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae", condemning birth control

June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 - April 26, 1988) was the author of the shock-feminism classic The SCUM Manifesto. ... Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987) was an American painter and major figure in the pop art movement. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... Robert Kennedy . Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy, also called RFK (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration. ... Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (born March 19, 1944) was convicted of (and is generally believed to have committed) the June 5, 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, by shooting him just minutes after Kennedy had won the California presidential primary election. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 - April 23, 1998) was the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... Austin Currie (born 1939) is a former Irish politician. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Enrica Antonia Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), served as Pope from 1963 to 1978. ... Humanae Vitae (Latin of human life) is the name of the encyclical written by Pope Paul VI which expresses the official position of the Catholic Church regarding abortion, contraception, and other issues pertaining to human life. ... Birth control is the practice of preventing or reducing the probability of pregnancy without abstaining from sexual intercourse; the term is also sometimes used to include abortion, the ending of an unwanted pregnancy, or abstinence. ...

July

July 15 - The soap opera One Life To Live premieres on the ABC network.

July 26 - Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war

July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... A screenshot from the newest One Life to Live opening sequence, currently in use since June 14, 2004. ... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area - Total - % water 173,809km² N/A population - Total - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ... For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ...

August

July 17 - Saddam Hussein becomes the Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Iraq after a coup
August 20 - 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia to end the "Prague Spring" of political liberalization
August 22-August 30 - Police clash with antiwar protesters in Chicago outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention
July 29 – Arenal Volcano erupts in Costa Rica for the first time for centuries

July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majid al-Tikrītī (Often spelt Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. ... The Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Map of Warsaw Pact member countries. ... The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ... Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ... This article refers to a period of history of Czechoslovakia in 1968. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... Police and protesters at the Convention The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago by the United States Democratic Party, for the purposes of choosing the Democratic nominee for the 1968 U.S. Presidential Election. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... The Arenal Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Arenal) is an active andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica (10. ... The Republic of Costa Rica is a republic in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south-southeast. ...

September

September 6 - Swaziland becomes independent
September 17 - the D'Oliviera Affair - MCC tour of South Africa is cancelled when the South Africans refuse to accept the presence of a Cape Coloured in the side
September 27 - Marcelo Caetano becomes Prime Minister of Portugal
September 29 - A referendum in Greece gives more power to the military junta

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... The Kingdom of Swaziland (Ngwana) is a small country in southern Africa (one of the smallest on the continent), situated on the eastern slope of the Drakensberg mountains, embedded between South Africa in the west and Mozambique in the east. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... Marcelo Caetano also spelled Marcello Caetano (August 17, 1906- October 26, 1980) was a Portuguese politician. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...

October

October 2 - A student demonstration ends in a massacre at the La Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico.
October 5 - A civil rights march in Derry, (of the six counties of northern) Ireland, which included several Stormont and British MPs, is batoned off the streets by the Royal Ulster Constabulary
October 8 - Vietnam War: Operation Sealords - United States and South Vietnamese forces launched a new operation in the Mekong Delta
October 11 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard. Goals for the mission include the first live television broadcast from orbit and testing the lunar module docking maneuver
October 14 - Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours
October 16 - Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two African-Americans competing in the Olympic 200 meter run, raise their arms in a black power salute after winning the gold and bronze medals for first and third place.
October 16 - Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney Riots, inspired by the banning of Walter Rodney from the country.
October 20 - Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy marry on the Greek island of Skorpios
October 31 - Vietnam War: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.

October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... The Tlatelolco massacre took place on the night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco, Mexico City. ... Tlatelolco is an area in Mexico City, centered around the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec pyramid, the 17th century church Templo de Santiago, and the modern office complex of the Mexican foreign ministry. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish , Doire Cholm Chille or Doire), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... The Sealords Operational Theater Operation Sealords was a military operation that took place during the Vietnam War. ... National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area - Total - % water 173,809km² N/A population - Total - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... The Mekong Delta is the region in Southeast Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of tributaries. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. ... Donn F. Eisele June 23, 1930-December 2, 1987 was born in Columbus, Ohio and served as a Colonel in the USAF, as well as an astronaut with NASA. EDUCATION: Graduated from West High School, Columbus, Ohio; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in... This article needs cleanup. ... For other meanings of the term orbit, see orbit (disambiguation) In physics, an orbit is the path that an object makes, around another object, whilst under the influence of a source of centripetal force, such as gravity. ... Description Role: Lunar landing Crew: 2; CDR, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 20. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Tommie Smith (born June 5, 1944) is a former American athlete, winner of 200 m run at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ... John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945) is a former American champion athlete and bronze medal winner at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. ... Black Power is a slogan which describes the aspiration of many Africans (whether they be in Africa or abroad) to national self-determination. ... A salute is a gesture or other action used to indicate respect. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Location of Kingston Kingston (population 600,000) is the capital of Jamaica and it is located southeast of the country. ... This article is about riots in the Caribbean in 1968. ... Walter Rodney (March 23, 1942 - June 13, 1980) was a prominent Guyanese historian and political figure. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... Aristotle Onassis Aristotle Onassis (Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης) (January 15, 1906–March 15, 1975) was the most famous Greek shipping magnate of the 20th century. ... First official White House portrait. ... Skorpios is an island in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson ( August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was founded by Ho Chi Minh and was recognized by China and the USSR in 1950. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ...

November

November 5 - U.S. presidential election, 1968: In one of the closest elections in US history, Republican challenger Richard M. Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace
November 5- Luis A. Ferre is elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
November 11 - Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated - The goal of the operation is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, through Laos into South Vietnam (by the end of the operation, 3 million tons of bombs were dropped on Laos, which slowed but did not seriously disrupt trail operations).
November 11 - A second republic is declared in the Maldives
November 26 - Vietnam War: United States Air Force 1st Lt. and Bell UH-1F helicopter pilot James P. Fleming gets and responds to an urgent message from an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. After a failed first rescue attempt Fleming lands under heavy fire and picks up the unit (he was later rewarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery).

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December

December 24 - Apollo 8 enters moon orbit. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William A. Anders are the first humans to see the far side of the moon and planet earth as a whole.

December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program. ... Frank Borman (born March 14, 1928) was a NASA astronaut, best remembered as one of the three crewmembers of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon. ... Portrait of Apollo 13 Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. ... William A. Anders (b. ... This article concerns the far side of the Moon. ... For other moons in the solar system see natural satellite. ... Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ...

Year in topic

1968 in film
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick
- The Green Berets starring John Wayne
- Lion in Winter, The, directed by Roman Polanski
- Oliver!, directed by Carol Reed
- Once Upon a Time in the West, directed by Sergio Leone
- Rosemary's Baby, directed by Anthony Harvey

1968 in art
1968 in literature
1968 in music
1968 in politics
1968 in culture
1968 in sports
1968 in television
- January 22 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, debuts on NBC.
- October 14 - First live network transmission of video from inside a manned U.S. space capsule in orbit ("Apollo 7") There were six such broadcasts during their eleven-day mission.
- CBS uses a portable minicam for political convention coverage.
- Nearly 200 million households now own television sets, (78 million of which are in the U.S.).
- Hawaii Five-O premieres

See also: 1967 in film 1968 1969 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... A movie poster from the original release of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is an immensely popular and influential science fiction film and book; the film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke. ... Stanley Kubrick in the late 1990s Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) was a Jewish-American film director born in The Bronx, New York City who lived most of his life in England. ... This article is about the U.S. Special Operations Force. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and talkies alike. ... Roman Polanski Roman Polanski (born August 18, 1933) is a French/Polish film director and actor. ... Oliver! is a British musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. ... Sir Carol Reed (December 30, 1906-April 25, 1976) was an English film director, winner of an Academy Award for his interpretation of the musical, Oliver! (1968). ... Once Upon a Time in the West (Cera una volta il West, 1969), directed by Sergio Leone, is considered by many to be his greatest and most critically acclaimed film, and by some even as the greatest Western ever made. ... Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 - April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director. ... Rosemarys Baby is the title of a 1967 horror novel by Ira Levin, in which a young religious woman and her husband move into a New York City, New York apartment next door to enthusiastic, oversolicitous neighbors. ... See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... See also: 1967 in sports, 1969 in sports and the list of years in sports. General sporting events 1968 Summer Olympics takes place in Mexico City, Mexico United States wins the most medals (107), and the most gold medals (45). ... See also: 1967 in television, other events of 1968, 1969 in television and the list of years in television. Events March 25 - The 58th and final episode of The Monkees airs on US television. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons on CBS television network. ...

Births

January

January 6 - John Singleton, director and writer
January 14 - LL Cool J, rapper, actor (Toys, In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday)
January 24 - Mary Lou Retton, gymnast
January 27 - Mike Patton, singer
January 28 - Sarah McLachlan, singer
January 29 - Edward Burns, actor

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Daniel Singelton (born January 6, 1968) is a notable African-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968) is an American hip hop artist better known by his stage name, LL Cool J (an abbreviation of Ladies Love Cool James). He is best known for romantic ballads like I Need Love as well as hardcore rap like I... This article is about the film, Toys. ... Any Given Sunday is a 1999 movie directed by Oliver Stone starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Matthew Modine and Bill Bellamy. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia) is an American gymnast. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mike Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American musician. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Edward Burns (29 January 1968 in Woodside, Queens, New York City) is an American actor, producer, and director. ...

February

February 1 - Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, actress
February 5 - Roberto Alomar, baseball player
February 8 - Gary Coleman, actor
February 14 - Jules Asner, model, television personality
February 22 - Brad Nowell, Musician
February 22 - Jeri Ryan, actress (Star Trek: Voyager, Boston Public)
February 27 - Matt Stairs, professional baseball player

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968) is an American singer, daughter of the singer Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Roberto Alomar Velázquez (born February 5, 1968) is a Major League Baseball player and arguably one of the best second basemen to have ever played the game. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Gary Coleman (born February 8, 1968) is an American actor. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jules Asner (born February 14, 1968) is a television personality and model. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Bradley James Nowell (born February 22, 1968 _ died May 25, 1996) was a singer and guitar player in the musical group Sublime (1988–1996). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine, wearing the silver catsuit for which the character was noted. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... Boston Public is a popular television show created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on the Fox Network from 2000 through 2004. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Matthew Wade Stairs (born February 27, 1968) is a Canadian baseball player. ...

March

March 3 - Jim Goodman, Ticketing System/Event expert
March 4 - Patsy Kensit, actress
March 11 - Lisa Loeb, singer
March 23 - Damon Albarn, musician ("Blur")
March 26 - James Iha, musician ("Smashing Pumpkins")
March 28 - Iris Chang, author (d. 2004)
March 29 - Lucy Lawless, actress, singer
March 30 - Céline Dion, singer

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Patsy Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is a British actress. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... Lisa Loeb on the cover of her album Cake and Pie Lisa Anne Loeb (born 11 March 1968 in Bethesda, Maryland, United States) is a singer-songwriter. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... Damon Albarn (born March 23, 1968) is a British vocalist who originally became famous in the 1990s with the rock band Blur. ... Cover of Blur: The Best Of - Clockwise from top left: Coxon, James, Rowntree, Albarn Blur is the name of a British rock band. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... James Yoshinobu Iha (born March 26, 1968) is an Japanese American musician, probably most famous for founding Smashing Pumpkins in 1988 with Billy Corgan, DArcy Wretzky and Jimmy Chamberlin, while attending Loyola University Chicago. ... The Smashing Pumpkins were a critically and commercially successful American alternative rock band of the 1990s and early 21st century. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... Iris Chang Iris Shun-Ru Chang (Traditional Chinese: 張純如, Simplified Chinese: 张纯如; Pinyin: Zhāng Chúnrú; March 28, 1968–November 9, 2004) was a freelance Chinese American historian and journalist. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a Kiwi actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Céline Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion OC (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian vocalist. ...

April

April 3 - Sebastian Bach, musician ("Skid Row")
April 8 - Patricia Arquette, actress
April 15 - Stacey Williams, supermodel
April 19 - Ashley Judd, actress

April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Sebastian Bach (born April 3, 1968) was the lead vocalist of the 1980s heavy metal bands Madam X and Skid Row. ... Early 90s Metal Band Skid Row Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the early 1990s metal scene, carving out a profitable niche until the Seattle grunge bands took over. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... Patricia Arquette (born April 8, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film actress. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... Stacey Williams (born April 15, 1968), was featured in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues from 1991 to 1997. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Ashley Judd on the cover of Harpers Bazaar Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968 in Granada Hills, California) is an American actress. ...

May

May 1 - D'Arcy Wretzky, musician
May 7 - Traci Lords, erotic actress
May 9 - Marie-José Perec, French athlete
May 12 - Tony Hawk, skateboarding legend
May 22 - James Luecke, saxophonist, musician
May 26 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
May 27 - Jeff Bagwell, baseball player
May 27 - Frank Thomas, baseball player
May 28 - Kylie Minogue, actress and singer

May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Darcy (born Darcy Wretzky on May 1, 1968) is a bassist and was an original member of the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. ... May 7 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Nora Louise Kuzma (born May 7, 1968), also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Traci Lords, is an American actress. ... A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Tony Hawk (born May 12, 1968 in Carlsbad, California) is often regarded as the most skilled and best-known skateboarder today. ... Skateboarding - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Crown Prince Frederik in soldier uniform HRH Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark (born May 26, 1968) is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Frank Edward Thomas (born May 27, 1968 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American Major League Baseball player nicknamed The Big Hurt. (Interestingly, Thomas was born the exact same day as contemporary Jeff Bagwell. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... Kylie Minogue (2003), during filming of the music video Slow, and used as the CD single cover for Red Blooded Woman (2004) Kylie Ann Minogue (SAMPA: mIn. ...

June

June 4 - Rachel Griffiths, actress
June 26 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player, commentator
June 28 - Adam Woodyatt, British actor
June 29 - Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
June 30 - Philip Anselmo, heavy metal musician

June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... Rachel Griffiths (born June 4, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia) is a film and television actress. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... Shannon Sharpe [->photo] (born June 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former AFC tight end and wide receiver who played 12 of his 14 seasons with the Denver Broncos in the NFL. Sharpe is known most for his creative commentary and trash talking as well as for being the... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Adam Woodyatt Adam Woodyatt (born June 28, 1968) is a British actor. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Theoren Wallace Fleury (born June 29, 1968 in Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... Philip Anselmo (born June 30, 1968) is a heavy metal vocalist and musician. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ...

July

July 10 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete
July 16 - Barry Sanders, Pro Football Hall of Famer

July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... Hassiba Boulmerka (born July 10, 1968) is a former Algerian middle distance athlete. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Barry David Sanders (born July 16, 1968) was a running back in the National Football League who spent his entire professional career with the Detroit Lions. ... The Pro Football Hall of Fame is actually the National Football Leagues Hall of Fame. ...

August

August 9 - Eric Bana, actor
August 17 - Ed McCaffrey, American football player
August 31 - Todd Carty, British actor

August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Eric Bana (born August 9, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Edward T. McCaffrey (born August 17, 1968 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos in the NFL. He was drafted by the Giants out of Stanford University in the third round (83rd pick... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... Todd Carty (born August 31, 1963 in Ireland) is a British actor. ...

September

September 1 - Mohammed Atta, Egyptian hijacker and terrorist
September 4 - Mike Piazza, baseball star
September 7 - Marcel Desailly, French footballer
September 11 - Kay Hanley, musician
September 18 - Toni Kukoc, Croatian basketball player
September 20 - Darrell Russell, NHRA drag racer (d. 2004)
September 25 - Will Smith, rapper, actor
September 26 - James Caviezel, actor (The Passion of the Christ)
September 28 - Naomi Watts, actress (Mulholland Drive, 21 Grams)

September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... This photograph of Mohammed Atta was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Miṣr or Maṣr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in north-eastern Africa. ... Many individuals were directly responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Terrorism refers to the use of violence for the purpose of achieving a political, religious, or ideological goal. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... Mike Piazza in episode 3 of The Apprentice 2, promoting Crest toothpaste in NYC, with competitor Elizabeth Mike Piazza (born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA) is a U.S Major League Baseball player. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... Marcel Desailly (born September 7, 1968 in Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian football player, currently a citizen of France and a former star for its national team, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... Kay Hanley (born in Dorchester, Massachusetts on September 11, 1968) is an alternative rock musician. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Toni Kukoč (born September 18, 1968 in Split, Croatia) is a renowned basketball player. ... The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Darrell Russell (September 20, 1968 - June 27, 2004) was an NHRA drag racer. ... The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ... Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which cars attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... Will Smith For the geologist who invented fossil correlation, see William Smith. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... James Patrick Caviezel (born September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington) is a movie actor with a wide variety of film roles to his credit. ... The Passion of the Christ promotional poster The Passion of the Christ (2004) is an independent film about the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus Christ. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... Naomi Watts publicity still, c. ... Mulholland Dr. is a motion picture, released in 2001 and directed by David Lynch. ... Movie poster of 21 Grams 21 Grams is a 2003 film written by Guillermo Arriaga and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. ...

October

October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... Toni Braxton is an American R&B singer. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, October 11, 1968, Parsippany, New Jersey) is an American actress. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor who portrayed Wolverine in X-Men (2000) and X2: X-Men United (2003). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... Robert Van Winkle (born October 31, 1968), better known as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, known today for the single Ice Ice Baby and the controversy that ensued after it became known that his hardcore gangsta past was entirely manufactured to drive up sales of the single and album...

November

November 8 - Zara Whites, Dutch porn actress
November 12 - Sammy Sosa, baseball player
November 13 - Pat Hentgen, baseball player
November 15 - Jennifer Charles, singer
November 15 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, rapper (d. 2004)
November 18 - Owen Wilson, actor (Rushmore, Zoolander, The Royal Tenenbaums)
November 27 - Michael Vartan, actor

November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... Zara Whites (born Esther Kooiman, November 8, 1968, in Hoeksche Waard, Netherlands) is a notable Dutch porn actress. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... Sammy Sosa at bat in September 2000 at Busch Stadium. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... Patrick George Pat Hentgen (born November 13, 1968 in Detroit) was a right-handed starting pitcher in the Major Leagues and a former Cy Young Award winner. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Jennifer Charles (birthday November 15th, born in Washington, D.C.)is a singer and songwriter known for her sexy image and sultry vocals. ... Russell Jones appears as Dirt McGirt Ol Dirty Bastard (also known as ODB, Dirty, Dirt McGirt, Dirt Dog, Big Baby Jesus, Osirus, Joe Bannanas, and Unique Ason), born Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968–November 13, 2004), was an African American rapper with one of the most highly distinctive styles... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... Categories: Actor stubs | 1968 births | People from Texas ... Rushmore is a 1998 movie directed by Wes Anderson. ... Zoolander (2001) is a movie based on a pair of short films, produced and directed by Ben Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television show in 1996. ... The Royal Tenenbaums is a 2001 film - half a comedy, half a drama. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... Michael Vartan (born November 27, 1968) is a French-American actor who was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. ...

December

December 2 - Lucy Liu, actress
December 8 - Mike Mussina, baseball player
December 9 - Kurt Angle, Olympic gold medalist in amateur wrestling, now a WWE performer
December 17 - Paul Tracy, auto racing champion

December 2 is the 336th day (337th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lucy Liu in trench coat. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Cole Mike Mussina (born December 8, 1968 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania) is an American baseball pitcher who currently plays for the New York Yankees. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kurt Angle Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and now a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment in its SmackDown! brand. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... Andrell Durden (top) and Edward Harris grapple for position during the All-Marine Wrestle Offs. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling organization. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968) in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, is an auto racing champion. ...

Deaths

January 19 - Ray Harroun, race car driver (b. 1879)
January 22 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
January 26 - Merrill C. Meigs, newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (b. 1883)
February 4 - Neal Cassady, writer (b. 1926)
February 11 - Howard Lindsay, American playwright
February 20 - Anthony Asquith, British director and writer (b. 1902)
February 22 - Peter Arno, cartoonist (b. 1904)
February 27 - Frankie Lymon, singer (b. 1942)
March 16 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (b. 1895)
March 27 - Yuri Gagarin, cosmonaut (b. 1934)
April 1 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist (b. 1908)
April 4 - Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights activist and minister (b. 1929)
April 7 - Jimmy Clark, race car driver (b. 1936)
April 10 - Gustavs Celmins, politician (b. 1899)
April 14 - Al Benton, Major League Baseball player (b. 1911)
April 22 - Stephen H. Sholes, American record executive (b. 1911)
April 25 - John Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
May 9 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
June 1 - Helen Keller, spokeswoman for deaf and blind (b. 1880)
June 6 - Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General (assassinated) (b. 1925)
June 15 - Sam Crawford, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1880)
July 11 - Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (b. 1911)
August 27 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (b. 1906)
September 12 - Tommy Armour, golfer (b. 1894)
October 13 - Bea Benaderet, actress (b. 1906)
October 30 - Rose Wilder Lane, author and reporter (b. 1886)
November 4 - Michel Kikoine, Belarus painter (b. 1892)
November 6 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891)
November 26 - Arnold Zweig, German writer (b. 1887)
December 10 - Thomas Merton, American author (b. 1915)
December 10 - Karl Barth, Protestant theologian (b. 1888)
December 12 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)
December 19 - Norman Thomas, American politician (b. 1884)
December 20 - John Steinbeck, American writer (b. 1902)
December 30 - Trygve Lie, first United Nations Secretary General (b. 1896)
December 30 - Vladimir Peter Tytla, American animator (b. 1904)
Berthold Bartosch, Czech animator (b. 1893).

January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ray Harroun (January 12, 1879 - January 19, 1968) won the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 - January 22, 1968), The Big Kahuna, is generally regarded as the inventor of the modern sport of surfing. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Merrill C. Meigs (November 25, 1883 - January 26, 1968) was the publisher of the Chicago Herald and Examiner in the 1920s. ... Events January January 16 - The United States Civil service, is passed January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Neal Cassady (February 8, 1926 - February 4, 1968) was closely associated with the Beat Generation although he never published a book. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Anthony Asquith (November 9, 1902)_(February 20, 1968) was a British film director. ... Events January-April January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Peter Arno (1904 - 1968) was a U.S. cartoonist. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Frankie Lymon (September 30, 1942 - February 27, 1968) was the leader of a doo wop group called The Teenagers. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968) was an Italian Jewish composer. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин; YOO-ree a-lek-SE-ye-veech ga-GA-reen; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human to travel into space. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Lev Davidovich Landau (Ле́в Дави́дович Ланда́у) (January 22, 1908 – April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics whose broad field of work included the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity, quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics and particle physics. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Jim Clark or Jimmy Clark (March 4, 1936 – April 7, 1968) was a Formula 1 race car driver, still regarded as one of the best drivers of all time. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... Gustavs Celmins (April 1, 1899–April 10, 1968) - politician, Latvian fascist leader. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... John Alton Benton (March 18, 1911 - April 14, 1968) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played with the Philadelphia Athletics (1934-35), Detroit Tigers (1938-42, 1945-48), Cleveland Indians (1949-50) and Boston Red Sox (1952). ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Stephen H. Sholes (February 12, 1911 – April 22, 1968) was a prominent recording executive with RCA Victor. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... John Tewksbury John Walter Beardsley Tewksbury (March 21, 1876-April 25, 1968) was an American track and field athlete. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 - May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite best known for her lesbian affairs with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Alla Nazimova, Eva Le Gallienne ([1]), Isadora Duncan, Katherine Cornell, Maude Adams, Ona Munson (Belle Watling in the movie Gone With... Events January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 - The UK has its first meeting. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deaf and blind American author, activist, and lecturer. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Robert Kennedy . Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy, also called RFK (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration. ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... Sam Crawfords 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card. ... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... Mervyn Laurence Peake (July 9, 1911 - November 17, 1968) was a British modernist writer, artist, poet and illustrator. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (13 December 1906 - 27 August 1968), the former Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, was the last foreign-born princess to date to marry into the British Royal Family. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... Tommy Armour (September 24, 1894 in Edinburgh, Scotland - September 12, 1968) was a British-born professional golfer. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... Bea Benaderet (April 4, 1906 _ October 13, 1968) (pr: ben-ah-DARE-ett) was an American actor best remembered as a voice artist in radio and animation. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... Rose Wilder Lane (December 5, 1886-October 30, 1968) was an American author and the daughter of author Laura Ingalls Wilder. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 _ Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Michel Kikoine born May 31, 1892 in Rechytsa, Belarus - died November 4, 1968 in Cannes, France, was a painter. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... Charles Münch (September 26, 1891 – November 6, 1968) was a French conductor and violinist. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Arnold Zweig (November 10, 1887 _ November 26, 1968) was a German writer and an active pacifist. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk and author, born in Prades in the Pyrénées-Orientales departement of France to an American mother and an artist father from New Zealand. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Karl Barth (May 10, 1886 - December 10, 1968) was a Swiss Christian theologian. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 - December 12, 1968) was a United States actress, talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in Huntsville, Alabama. ... Events January-April January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American novelists of the 20th century. ... Events January-April January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... Order: 1st Secretary-General Term of Office: February 2, 1946–November 1952 Predecessor: none Successor: Dag Hammarskjöld Born: July 16, 1896 Place of birth: Oslo, Norway Died: December 30, 1968 Place of death: Geilo, Norway Trygve Halvdan Lie (July 16, 1896 - December 30, 1968) was a Norwegian politician. ... The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Vladimir Peter Tytla (October 25, 1904–December 30, 1968) was one of the original Disney animators and is considered by many to be the best character animator working during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Berthold Bartosch (1893 - 1968) was born in Bohemia (now Czech Republic). ... Events January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 - The UK has its first meeting. ...

Nobel Prizes

Categories: 1968 The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) of San Francisco, California, USA, was a famed physicist who worked at the University of California, Berkeley. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... Lars Onsager (November 27, 1903-October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian physical chemist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... Har Gobind Khorana (born January 9, 1922) is a molecular biologist. ... Marshall Nirenberg won a Nobel Prize in 1968 Marshall Warren Nirenberg (born April 10, 1927) was a U.S. biochemist and geneticist. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成 Kawabata Yasunari, June 14, 1899 - April 16, 1972) was a Japanese novelist who became the first Japanese, and second Asian, to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1968. ... The Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Categories: People stubs | 1887 births | 1976 deaths | Nobel Peace Prize winners ...

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