April 1968 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
• 02 Apr 1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States.
• 03 Apr 1968 North Vietnam agrees to meet US representatives to set up preliminary peace talks.
• 04 Apr 1968 Education of Hyman Kaplan opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
• 05 Apr 1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens
• 06 Apr 1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis.
• 07 Apr 1968 Racing driver Jim Clark is killed in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim.
• 08 Apr 1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to April 10th due to death of M L King
• 09 Apr 1968 German DR adopts constitution
• 10 Apr 1968 George M! opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances
• 11 Apr 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• 12 Apr 1968 In Schenectady, New York, USA a house is hit by a falling meteorite.
• 14 Apr 1968 32nd Golf Masters Championship: Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277.
• 15 Apr 1968 Houston Astros beat the New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings
• 17 Apr 1968 Fade Out-Fade In closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 performances
• 18 Apr 1968 178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike.
• 19 Apr 1968 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Connecticut in 2:22:17 (first American to win since 1957).
• 20 Apr 1968 South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed.
• 21 Apr 1968 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win.
• 23 Apr 1968 United Methodist Church forms.
• 24 Apr 1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas.
• 25 Apr 1968 Half a Sixpence opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances
• 26 Apr 1968 US underground nuclear test, Boxcar, 1 megaton device
• 27 Apr 1968 Education of Hyman Kaplan closes at Alvin NYC after 28 performances
• 28 Apr 1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
• 29 Apr 1968 Hair opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances

Famous Birthday

• Ashley Judd

  American actress who spent much of the early 1990s in supporting roles while gaining industry respect and a huge fan following.

• Patricia Arquette

  American actress, the second to the youngest of five in a close-knit, liberal family.

• Marie-Claire Restoux

  French athlete, a judo champion.

• Anthony Michael Hall
• Ed O'Brien

  English guitarist and songwriter (Radiohead).

• Timothy McVeigh

  American terrorist convicted of committing the largest act of terrorism on American soil on 19 April 1995.

• Carnie Wilson

  American noted family, the daughter of Brian Wilson and his wife Marilyn.

• Jeanne Balibar
• Jamie Hewlett

  English author and illustrator.

• Orlando Jones

  American actor and comedian.

• Sebastian Bach (singer)
• Aidan Gillen

  Movie Actor.

• Dana Barron
• Patricia Girard-Léno
• Paula Cole

  American singer-songwriter and pianist.

• Jürgen Vogel
• Verona Pooth
• Inês de Medeiros
• Daniela Nardini
• Stacy Haiduk

  American actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Martin Luther King

  Jr.

• Tommy Noonan

  Actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45.

• Norman McKaye

  Actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62.

• Lev Davidovich Landau

  Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (Born 1908).

• Gustavs Celmins

  Latvian politician (Born 1899).

• Stephen H Sholes

  American recording executive (Born 1911).

• John Tewksbury

  American athlete (Born 1876).

• Marion Weeks

  singer/actress, dies of stroke at age 81.

• Lev D Landau

  Russian physicist (Nobel Prize 1962), dies at age 59.

• Bobby Hutton

  US Black Panther leader, shot to death.

• Tommy Bridges

  American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 61.

• Toby Halicki

  car-crash film producer, killed shooting stunt at age 48.

• Barbara Jane Harrison

  Air stewardess (Born1945).

• Jim Clark

  Scottish race-car nicknamed "The Flying Scot," as he won 25 Grand Prix races.

• Margaret Seddon

  American astronaut who became a trainee in January 1978 after being selected by NASA.

• Al Benton

  American baseball player (Born 1911).

• John Heartfield

  German photographer and activist (d. 1968).

• Edna Ferber

  American writer, a novelist and playwright known for stories of early Americana.

• Lois Andrews

  Dies of lung cancer at 44.

• Fay Bainter

  Actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
2. Bobby Goldsboro - Honey
3. Union Gap - Young Girl
4. The Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby
5. The Monkees - Valleri

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World / Cabaret
2. Cliff Richard - Congratulations
3. Tom Jones - Delilah
4. 1910 Fruitgum Company - Simon Says
5. The Beatles - Lady Madonna