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What Happened In August 1968 In History

Historical Events for August, 1968

  • 1st » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th List of Sultans of Brunei called Sultan of Brunei.
  • 2nd » An 1968 Casiguran earthquake e.g earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
  • 11th » The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail
  • 13th » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greece called Greek Greek military junta of 1967–1974 called dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
  • 20th » Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring.
  • 21st » Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet Union called Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanians named Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
  • 21st » James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American United States Marine Corps called U.S. Marine.
  • 22nd » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
  • 28th » Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1968 Democratic National Convention known as Democratic National Convention.
  • 31st » Garfield Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1968

  • 1st » Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach
  • 1st » Dan Donegan, American guitarist (Disturbed (band) Disturbed, Fight or Flight (band) Fight or Flight, and Vandal (band) Vandal)
  • 1st » Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player
  • 2nd » Stefan Effenberg, German footballer
  • 2nd » John Stanier (drummer) John Stanier, American drummer (Helmet (band) Helmet, Tomahawk (band) Tomahawk, The Mark of Cain (band) The Mark of Cain, and Battles (band) Battles)
  • 3rd » Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
  • 4th » Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor
  • 4th » Lee Mack, English comedian and actor
  • 4th » Marcus Schenkenberg, Swedish model and actor
  • 5th » Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 5th » Stephanie Flanders, English journalist and blogger
  • 5th » Funkmaster Flex, American rapper, producer, and radio host
  • 5th » Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler
  • 5th » Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician
  • 5th » Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager
  • 5th » Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (d. 2007)
  • 5th » John Olerud, American baseball player
  • 6th » Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
  • 7th » Francesca Gregorini, Italian-American director and screenwriter
  • 7th » Lynn Strait, American singer-songwriter (Snot (band) known as Snot) (d. 1998)
  • 8th » Yvie Burnett, Scottish soprano
  • 8th » Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist (d. 2013)
  • 8th » Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer and coach
  • 9th » McG, American director and producer
  • 9th » Gillian Anderson, American-English actress
  • 9th » Eric Bana, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 9th » Sam Fogarino, American drummer (Interpol (band) named Interpol and Magnetic Morning)
  • 10th » Michael Bivins, American singer, producer, and actor (New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe)
  • 10th » Pete Docter, American director, screenwriter, and voice actor
  • 10th » Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 11th » Anna Gunn, American actress
  • 11th » Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau
  • 11th » Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (d. 2009)
  • 12th » Thorsten Boer, German footballer and manager
  • 12th » Andras Jones, American actor
  • 12th » Ülar Mark, Estonian architect
  • 12th » Kōji Yusa, Japanese voice actor
  • 13th » Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 13th » Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach
  • 13th » Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
  • 14th » Pravin Amre, Indian cricketer and coach
  • 14th » Catherine Bell (actress) called Catherine Bell, American actress
  • 14th » Darren Clarke, Irish golfer
  • 14th » Adrian Lester, English actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 14th » Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
  • 14th » Medy van der Laan, Dutch politician
  • 15th » Debra Messing, American actress, singer, and producer
  • 16th » Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier
  • 16th » Wolfgang Tillmans, German photographer
  • 16th » Arvind Kejriwal, Indian civil servant and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Delhi
  • 17th » Andrew Koenig, American actor (d. 2010)
  • 17th » Ed McCaffrey, American football player
  • 17th » Helen McCrory, English actress
  • 18th » Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and talk show host
  • 19th » Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer
  • 19th » Mark McGuinn, American singer-songwriter
  • 20th » Brett Angell, English footballer and coach
  • 20th » Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager
  • 20th » Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 21st » Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter
  • 21st » Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer
  • 21st » Laura Trevelyan, English journalist
  • 22nd » Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  • 22nd » Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Newsboys and Paul Colman Trio)
  • 22nd » Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
  • 22nd » Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman) or Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman
  • 22nd » Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
  • 23rd » Laura Claycomb, American soprano
  • 23rd » Chris DiMarco, American golfer
  • 24th » Benoît Brunet, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 24th » Shoichi Funaki, Japanese-American wrestler
  • 24th » Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Sepultura and Hail!)
  • 24th » Urmas Liivamaa, Estonian footballer
  • 24th » Tim Salmon, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 24th » James Toney, American boxer
  • 25th » Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 25th » Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model, and race car driver
  • 25th » Stuart Murdoch (musician) called Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter (Belle & Sebastian)
  • 25th » Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer (Powerman 5000)
  • 25th » Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host
  • 25th » Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (The Mad Capsule Markets)
  • 26th » Chris Boardman, English cyclist
  • 26th » Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
  • 28th » Billy Boyd (actor) named Billy Boyd, Scottish actor and singer
  • 29th » Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter
  • 31st » Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician
  • 31st » Hideo Nomo, Japanese-American baseball player
  • 31st » Jolene Watanabe, American tennis player

Famous Deaths for August 1968

  • 3rd » Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (b. 1904)
  • 5th » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (The Tennessee Three) (b. 1928)
  • 18th » Cy Walter, American pianist (b. 1915)
  • 19th » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
  • 25th » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (b. 1910)
  • 26th » Kay Francis, American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1899)
  • 27th » Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)
  • 27th » Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
  • 29th » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
  • 31st » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)

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