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Robert F. Kennedy
was assassinate by
Sirhan Sirhan
on
6/5/1968
...
714445
Charlie Rose
married
Mary Rose
in
1968
...
751105
Ralph Baer
invented
Video game console
in
1968
...
357237
Saddam Hussein
had a child
Raghad Hussein
on
9/2/1968
...
716537
Albert Cohen
wrote
Belle du Seigneur
in
1968
...
286966
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
wrote
The First Circle
in
1968
...
339307
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
wrote
The Cancer Ward
in
1968
...
339119
Arthur C. Clarke
wrote
2001
in
1968
...
275253
Barry Hines
wrote
A Kestrel for a Knave
in
1968
...
276448
Charles Bukowski
wrote
Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 story Window
in
1968
...
-410771
Charles Bukowski
wrote
At Terror Street and Agony Way
in
1968
...
-410770
Christa Wolf
wrote
The Quest for Christa T.
in
1968
...
339791
Elizabeth Bowen
wrote
Eva Trout
in
1968
...
301573
Gore Vidal
wrote
Myra Breckinridge
in
1968
...
309312
Joan Didion
wrote
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
in
1968
...
743234
Oles Honchar
wrote
The Cathedral
in
1968
...
339131
Philip K. Dick
wrote
Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?
in
1968
...
300738
Richard Brautigan
wrote
In Watermelon Sugar
in
1968
...
304694
Roger Moore
divorced
Dorothy Squires
in
1968
...
752718
Siegfried Lenz
wrote
The German Lesson
in
1968
...
339350
Tom Woolfe
wrote
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
in
1968
...
339264
Merle Haggard
released
Sing Me Back Home
on
1/2/1968
...
233312
Canned Heat
released
Boogie with Canned Heat
on
1/15/1968
...
233314
Iron Butterfly
released
Heavy
on
1/22/1968
...
233317
Gordon Lightfoot
released
Did She Mention My Name?
on
1/30/1968
...
233320
Blood, Sweat & Tears
released
Child Is Father to the Man
on
2/19/1968
...
233333
Otis Redding
released
The Dock of the Bay
on
2/21/1968
...
233334
Fleetwood Mac
released
Fleetwood Mac
on
2/23/1968
...
233335
Vanilla Fudge
released
The Beat Goes On
on
2/24/1968
...
233336
Merle Haggard
released
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde
on
4/6/1968
...
233360
The Monkees
released
The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
on
4/19/1968
...
233362
Sly & the Family Stone
released
Dance to the Music
on
4/22/1968
...
233363
The Temptations
released
The Temptations Wish It Would Rain
on
4/27/1968
...
233364
Frank Zappa
released
Lumpy Gravy
on
5/4/1968
...
233374
Robert F. Kennedy
died
on
6/6/1968
...
714444
Iron Butterfly
released
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
on
6/14/1968
...
233389
The Beach Boys
released
Friends
on
6/21/1968
...
233392
Grateful Dead
released
Anthem of the Sun
on
7/11/1968
...
233413
The Moody Blues
released
In Search of the Lost Chord
on
7/22/1968
...
233415
The Beach Boys
released
Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3
on
8/12/1968
...
233431
The Beach Boys
released
Stack-O-Tracks
on
8/19/1968
...
233432
Fleetwood Mac
released
Mr. Wonderful
on
8/21/1968
...
233434
Diana Ross & the Supremes
released
Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform Funny G
on
8/23/1968
...
233435
Marvin Gaye
released
In the Groove
on
8/26/1968
...
233436
Donovan
released
Donovan in Concert
on
8/30/1968
...
233438
Jefferson Airplane
released
Crown of Creation
on
9/1/1968
...
233452
Steve Miller Band
released
Children of the Future
on
9/27/1968
...
233451
The Beau Brummels
released
Bradleys Barn
on
10/1/1968
...
233472
Muddy Waters
released
Electric Mud
on
10/3/1968
...
233464
Aretha Franklin
released
Aretha In Paris
on
10/5/1968
...
233465
Three Dog Night
released
Three Dog Night
on
10/14/1968
...
233467
Cass Elliot
released
Dream a Little Dream
on
10/16/1968
...
233468
John Lennon
was arrested
for possesion of marijuana
on
10/18/1968
in
London
...
727799
Jethro Tull
released
This Was
on
10/25/1968
...
233470
George Harrison
released
Wonderwall Music
on
11/1/1968
...
233485
Van Morrison
released
Astral Weeks
on
11/1/1968
...
233496
Neil Young
released
Neil Young
on
11/8/1968
...
233487
Diana Ross & the Supremes
released
Love Child
on
11/12/1968
...
233488
Stevie Wonder
released
Eivets Rednow
on
11/13/1968
...
233489
Dusty Springfield
released
Dusty... Definitely
on
11/22/1968
...
233491
Tom Rush
released
The Circle Game
on
12/1/1968
...
233517
The Rolling Stones
released
Beggars Banquet
on
12/2/1968
...
233510
James Taylor
released
James Taylor
on
12/6/1968
...
233511
Blood, Sweat & Tears
released
Blood, Sweat & Tears
on
12/8/1968
...
233513
Deep Purple
released
The Book of Taliesyn
on
12/11/1968
...
233514
Joan Baez
released
Any Day Now
on
12/23/1968
...
233516
Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay]
had a child
Maryum Ali
in
1968
...
715902
Steve Jobs
called
Bill Hewlett
in
1968
...
712986
Soraya Tarzi
died
on
4/20/1968
in
Rome
...
754816
Joan Didion
got sick with
nervous breakdown
on
6/15/1968
...
743260
Andriy Kuzma Kuzmenko
was born
on
8/17/1968
in
Lviv
...
730786
?Journey into Self
won
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
in
1968
...
279997
?Oliver!
won
Academy Award for Best Director
in
1968
...
279706
?Oliver!
won
Academy Award for Best Sound
in
1968
...
282365
?The Lion in Winter?
won
Academy Award for Best Original Score
in
1968
...
280794
Aretha Franklin
in
1968
" We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right."
...
732748
Charly
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1968
...
276962
Cliff Robertson
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1968
...
276963
Danilo Donati
won
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
in
1968
...
279418
Gyorgy Ligeti
composed
Quartet 2
in
1968
...
232962
Hans Henze
composed
Das Floss der Meduse
in
1968
...
232965
Hubert Humphrey
lost
Presidential Elections
in
1968
...
311297
Hubert Humphrey
received
42% percent of the popular vote
in
1968
...
276333
Iannis Xenakis
composed
Nomos Gamma
in
1968
...
232961
Jean Barraque
composed
La Mort de Virgil
in
1968
...
232966
Jean Barraque
composed
Concerto for clarinet, vibraphone and six instrume
in
1968
...
232967
John Corigliano
composed
Piano Concerto
in
1968
...
232979
John Woolf
won
Academy Award for Best Picture
in
1968
...
281603
Karlheinz Stockhausen
composed
Kurzwellen
in
1968
...
232968
Karlheinz Stockhausen
composed
Aus den Sieben Tagen
in
1968
...
232969
Karlheinz Stockhausen
composed
Stimmung
in
1968
...
232970
Katharine Hepburn?(tie)
won
Academy Award for Best Actress
in
1968
...
277552
Krysztof Penderecki
composed
The Devils of Loudun
in
1968
...
232972
Luciano Berio
composed
Sinfonia
in
1968
...
232963
Luigi DallaPiccola
composed
Ulisse
in
1968
...
232954
Morton Subotnick
composed
Touch
in
1968
...
232976
Oliver!
won
Academy Award for Best Picture
in
1968
...
281990
Pasqualino De Santis
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
in
1968
...
278224
Per Norgard
composed
Voyage into the Golden Screen
in
1968
...
232975
Peter Maxwell Davies
composed
Taverner
in
1968
...
232973
Richard Nixon
received
43% percent of the popular vote
in
1968
...
276336
Richard Nixon
won
Presidential Election
in
1968
...
311249
Romeo and Juliet
won
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
in
1968
...
279421
Romeo and Juliet
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
in
1968
...
278226
Rosemarys Baby
won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in
1968
...
283727
Ruth Gordon
won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in
1968
...
283728
Stutz
was established
in
1968
...
360857
Terry Riley
composed
Rainbow in Curved Air
in
1968
...
232977
The Lion in Winter
won
Academy Award for Best Actress
in
1968
...
277555
The Subject Was Roses
won
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in
1968
...
283185
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day?
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
in
1968
...
278956
Aretha Franklin
released
Lady Soul
on
1/1968
...
233323
Bee Gees
released
Horizontal
on
1/1968
...
233322
Blue Cheer
released
Vincebus Eruptum
on
1/1968
...
233327
Dr. John
released
Gris-Gris
on
1/1968
...
233316
James Goldman
won
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
on
1/1968
...
284795
Mel Brooks
won
Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
on
1/1968
...
285465
Nancy Sinatra
released
Movin with Nancy
on
1/1968
...
233324
Spirit
released
Spirit
on
1/1968
...
233318
Steppenwolf
released
Steppenwolf
on
1/1968
...
233326
The Byrds
released
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
on
1/1968
...
233313
The Velvet Underground
released
White Light/White Heat
on
1/1968
...
233319
The Mothers of Invention
released
Were Only in It for the Money
on
2/1968
...
233338
Joni Mitchell
released
Song to a Seagull
on
3/1968
...
233352
Laura Nyro
released
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
on
3/1968
...
233343
Scott Walker
released
Scott 2
on
3/1968
...
233351
Cilla Black
released
Sher-oo!
on
4/1968
...
233359
Simon & Garfunkel
released
Bookends
on
4/1968
...
233357
Dolly Parton
released
Just Because Im a Woman
on
5/1968
...
233373
Quicksilver Messenger Service
released
Quicksilver Messenger Service
on
5/1968
...
233380
The Mamas & the Papas
released
The Papas & The Mamas
on
5/1968
...
233379
Tom Jones
released
The Tom Jones Fever Zone
on
5/1968
...
233382
Aretha Franklin
released
Aretha Now
on
6/1968
...
233388
Country Joe and the Fish
released
Together
on
6/1968
...
233405
Otis Redding
released
The Immortal Otis Redding
on
6/1968
...
233397
Pentangle
released
The Pentangle
on
6/1968
...
233401
Pink Floyd
released
A Saucerful of Secrets
on
6/1968
...
233394
Randy Newman
released
Randy Newman
on
6/1968
...
233402
Spooky Tooth
released
Its All About
on
6/1968
...
233398
Vanilla Fudge
released
Renaissance
on
6/1968
...
233403
Cream
released
Wheels of Fire
on
7/1968
...
233424
Creedence Clearwater Revival
released
Creedence Clearwater Revival
on
7/1968
...
233410
Deep Purple
released
Shades of Deep Purple
on
7/1968
...
233422
Family
released
Music in a Dolls House
on
7/1968
...
233420
Phil Ochs
released
Tape from California
on
7/1968
...
233423
The Band
released
Music from Big Pink
on
7/1968
...
233419
The Doors
released
Waiting for the Sun
on
7/1968
...
233412
Waylon Jennings
released
Only the Greatest
on
7/1968
...
233421
Blue Cheer
released
Outsideinside
on
8/1968
...
233442
Ten Years After
released
Undead
on
8/1968
...
233429
The Byrds
released
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
on
8/1968
...
233437
Procol Harum
released
Shine On Brightly
on
9/1968
...
233453
Sly & the Family Stone
released
Life
on
9/1968
...
233455
Status Quo
released
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Statu
on
9/1968
...
233450
The Who
released
Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
on
9/1968
...
233456
Donovan
released
The Hurdy Gurdy Man
on
10/1968
...
233474
John Martyn
released
The Tumbler
on
10/1968
...
233479
Merle Haggard
released
Mama Tried
on
10/1968
...
233463
Steppenwolf
released
The Second
on
10/1968
...
233477
Steve Miller Band
released
Sailor
on
10/1968
...
233476
Traffic
released
Traffic
on
10/1968
...
233478
Canned Heat
released
Living the Blues
on
11/1968
...
233484
Free
released
Tons of Sobs
on
11/1968
...
233503
Gordon Lightfoot
released
Back Here on Earth
on
11/1968
...
233497
John Mayall
released
Blues from Laurel Canyon
on
11/1968
...
233498
The Kinks
released
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Socie
on
11/1968
...
233493
Pentangle
released
Sweet Child
on
12/1968
...
233523
Spirit
released
The Family That Plays Together
on
12/1968
...
233519
Stevie Wonder
released
For Once in My Life
on
12/1968
...
233512
The Monkees
released
Head
on
12/1968
...
233520
The Mothers of Invention
released
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
on
12/1968
...
233509
Arthur George Klein
died
in
1968
...
360837
Charlie Rose
graduated
Duke University School of Law
in
1968
...
751102
Charlie Rose
graduated with
Juris Doctor
in
1968
...
751103
Donald W. Nicholson
died
in
1968
...
360838
Elva R. Kendall
died
in
1968
...
360839
Eugene D. OSullivan
died
in
1968
...
360840
Frank A. Oliver
died
in
1968
...
360842
Frank C. Kniffin
died
in
1968
...
360843
Frank Kratovil
was born
in
1968
...
360844
Harry Allison Estep
died
in
1968
...
360845
Homer D. Angell
died
in
1968
...
360846
Jason Altmire
was born
in
1968
...
360847
John Lewis
married
Lillian Miles
in
1968
...
1023746
John M. Vorys
died
in
1968
...
360848
McDonalds
introduced
Big Mac
in
1968
...
749369
Noble J. Johnson
died
in
1968
...
360849
Paul J. Kilday
died
in
1968
...
360850
Robert Franklin Jones
died
in
1968
...
360851
Abu Dhabi
built
Al Maqta Bridge
in
1968
the first connection to the then-small fishing village on the main Abu Dhabi island
...
1324361
Agnetha Faltskog
released
solo LPs
in
1968
as part of her early solo career
...
1324191
Albania
withdraw from
the Warsaw Pact
in
1968
in response to the Soviet Union invasion of Czechoslovakia
...
1325554
American Samoa
established
three new high schools
in
1968
...
2147486406
Angela Davis
received
masters degree
in
1968
in
University of California, San Diego
...
2147486575
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
met
Agnetha Faltskog
in
1968
during a TV show
...
1324194
Anthony Fauci
got a new job as
a clinical associate
in
1968
in
the National Institutes of Health
...
2147488042
Benny Andersson
wrote
Sagan om lilla Sofie
in
1968
his first Svensktoppen entry
...
1324192
Lasse Berghagen
wrote
Sagan om lilla Sofie
in
1968
...
1324193
Beatles
established
Apple Corps Ltd.
in
1968
the multimedia company
...
2147489482
Bob Marley
was arrested
with cannabis
in
1968
...
2147495633
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