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What Happened In July 1968 In History

Historical Events for July, 1968

  • 1st » The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
  • 1st » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
  • 8th » The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement or Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
  • 18th » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
  • 20th » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
  • 23rd » Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Glenville Shootout Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Division of Police Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins an
  • 23rd » The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is El Al Flight 426 hijacking taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route
  • 26th » Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years Penal labour Prison labour known as hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1968

  • 1st » Tim Abell, American actor and producer
  • 1st » Jordi Mollà, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 3rd » Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo-Albanian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo
  • 3rd » Aku Louhimies, Finnish director and screenwriter
  • 4th » Ronni Ancona, Scottish actress and screenwriter
  • 4th » Jack Frost (musician) e.g Jack Frost, American guitarist and songwriter (Seven Witches and The Bronx Casket Co.)
  • 5th » Ken Akamatsu, Japanese illustrator
  • 5th » Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
  • 5th » Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Evaporators)
  • 5th » Hedi Slimane, French fashion designer
  • 5th » Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
  • 5th » Michael Stuhlbarg, American actor
  • 6th » Tiit Aleksejev, Estonian author and historian
  • 6th » Gaspare Manos, Thai-Italian painter and sculptor
  • 7th » Amy Carlson, American actress
  • 7th » Jorja Fox, American actress
  • 7th » Allen Payne, American actor
  • 7th » Jeff VanderMeer, American author and educator
  • 8th » Billy Crudup, American actor
  • 8th » Thom Fitzgerald, American-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 8th » Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach
  • 8th » Akio Suyama, Japanese voice actor
  • 8th » Michael Weatherly, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 9th » Paolo Di Canio, Italian footballer and manager
  • 9th » Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish historian and author
  • 10th » Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian runner
  • 10th » Jonathan Gilbert, American actor
  • 11th » Michael Geist, Canadian journalist and academic
  • 11th » Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter (Bonham (band) or Bonham) (d. 2008)
  • 11th » Esera Tuaolo, American football player
  • 12th » Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer
  • 12th » Lady Saw, Jamaican singer
  • 13th » Robert Gant, American actor
  • 14th » Michael Palmer (politician) known as Michael Palmer, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
  • 15th » Eddie Griffin, American comedian and actor
  • 15th » Stan Kirsch, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 15th » Shirley Robertson, Scottish sailor
  • 16th » Henry Hate, American-English tattoo artist
  • 16th » Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player and manager
  • 16th » Barry Sanders, American football player
  • 16th » Larry Sanger, American philosopher, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendium
  • 17th » Beth Littleford, American comedian and actress
  • 17th » Andre Royo, American actor
  • 17th » Bitty Schram, American actress
  • 18th » Grant Bowler, New Zealand-Australian actor
  • 18th » Alex Désert, Haitian-American actor and singer (Hepcat (band) or Hepcat)
  • 19th » Robb Flynn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Machine Head (band) known as Machine Head, Vio-lence, and Forbidden (band) e.g Forbidden)
  • 19th » Pavel Kuka, Czech footballer and manager
  • 19th » Jim Norton (American comedian) named Jim Norton, American comedian, actor, and author
  • 20th » Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player
  • 20th » Michael Park (actor) known as Michael Park, American actor
  • 20th » Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor
  • 20th » Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American director, screenwriter, and voice actor
  • 21st » Johnnie Barnes, American football player
  • 21st » Brandi Chastain, American soccer player and sportscaster
  • 21st » Lyle Odelein, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 21st » Aditya Shrivastava, Indian actor
  • 22nd » Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor and singer
  • 23rd » Elden Campbell, American basketball player
  • 23rd » Gary Payton, American basketball player and actor
  • 23rd » Stephanie Seymour, American model and actress
  • 24th » Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer
  • 24th » Colleen Doran, American author and illustrator
  • 24th » Malcolm Ingram, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 24th » Laura Leighton, American actress
  • 25th » Rudi Bryson, South African cricketer
  • 25th » Shi Tao, Chinese journalist and poet
  • 26th » Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director
  • 26th » Olivia Williams, English actress
  • 27th » Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress and producer
  • 27th » Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor and producer
  • 27th » Tom Goodwin, American baseball player and coach
  • 27th » Julian McMahon, Australian actor
  • 27th » Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian race car driver
  • 29th » Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
  • 29th » Rodney Allen Rippy, American actor
  • 30th » Terry Crews, American football player and actor
  • 30th » Sofie Gråbøl, Danish actress
  • 30th » Robert Korzeniowski, Polish race walker
  • 30th » Sean Moore (musician) named Sean Moore, Welsh drummer and songwriter (Manic Street Preachers)
  • 31st » Saeed-Al-Saffar, Emirati cricketer

Famous Deaths for July 1968

  • 1st » Fritz Bauer, German judge and politician (b. 1903)
  • 6th » Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (b. 1906)
  • 7th » Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
  • 8th » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
  • 14th » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892)
  • 14th » Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, 164th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
  • 18th » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
  • 18th » Manfred Toeppen, American water polo player (b. 1887)
  • 20th » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)
  • 21st » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
  • 22nd » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
  • 23rd » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
  • 27th » Babe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1882)
  • 28th » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)

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