June 1968 calendar

June 1968
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 1968.
The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on June 1968: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1968?

Events

01 Jun 1968 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
02 Jun 1968 Canadians must get government permission to export silver
03 Jun 1968 Canada announces it will replace silver with nickel in coins
04 Jun 1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings.
05 Jun 1968 12:16AM PST-Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day
06 Jun 1968 WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
07 Jun 1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Senator Robert F. Kennedy assassination.
08 Jun 1968 1st reduced-gravity golf game is played on the Moon
09 Jun 1968 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones
10 Jun 1968 Danny Thomas Hour, last airs on NBC-TV
14 Jun 1968 Off duty Dutch military permitted to wear regular clothing
15 Jun 1968 How Now, Dow Jones closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 220 performances
16 Jun 1968 68th US Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 275 at Oak Hill Country Club - New York
17 Jun 1968 Belgium government of Eyskens-Merlot forms
18 Jun 1968 US Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing.
20 Jun 1968 Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 metres in under 10 seconds.
21 Jun 1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns
22 Jun 1968 Here Come Da Judge by The Buena Vistas peaks at #88
23 Jun 1968 74 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
24 Jun 1968 14th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Post
25 Jun 1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his first major league game (San Francisco Giants).
26 Jun 1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions
27 Jun 1968 Ludvik Vaculik publishes Manifest of 2000 words in Prague
28 Jun 1968 Last day of redeeming US silver certificates for silver, in any form.
30 Jun 1968 E German party leader Ulbricht receives Order of October Revolution
08 Jun 1968 James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport.