Year 1968

1968

The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

20 August 1968

Czechoslovakia is invaded by Russians and Warsaw Pact forces to crush liberal regime

31 March 1968

President Johnson announces he will not seek or accept presidential renomination

4 April 1968

Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is slain in Memphis

5 June 1968

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in Los Angeles hotel after winning California primary, dies June 6

15 January 1968

Italy, Sicilia occid. - 270 deads

1968

Iran, 12.000 deads - magnitudo 7,4

31 August 1968

Iran, Dasht-e Bayaz - 10.000 deads

1968

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Lars Onsager, per la scoperta delle reazioni oscillanti che da lui prendono nome, fondamentali per lo studio della termodinamica dei processi di non equilibrio

1968

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Robert W. Holley, Har Gobind Khorana, Marshall W. Nirenberg

1968

Nobel Prizes Peace: René Cassin

1968

Nobel Prizes Literature: Yasunari Kawabata

1968

Nobel Prizes Physics: Luis W. Alvarez

1968

Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers (AL) 4-3 St. Louis Cardinals (NL)

1968

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Manchester United FC (England)

1968

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Rod Laver d. T. Roche (6-3 6-4 6-2)

1968

WINTER OLYMPICS, Winter Olympics X: Grenoble, France

1968

Football II Super Bowl: Green Bay Packers d. Oakland Raiders (33-14)

1968

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Boston Celtics d. Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)

1968

SUMMER OLYMPICS, Summer Olympics XIX: Mexico City (Mexico)

1968

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Billie Jean King d. J.Tegart (9-7 7-5)

1968

1968 Playboy cover

1968 March 02

Daniel Craig, actor (born at Chester, UK) Pisces

1968 August 09

Gillian Anderson, actress (born at Chicago, Illinois, USA) Leo

1968 December 25

Helena Christensen, fashion model (born at Copenaghen, Danimarca) Capricorn

1968 May 28

Kylie Minogue, singer (born at Melbourne,Australia) Gemini

(1968)

Lucy Liu, Actress (born at Jackson Heights, New York City, USA)

1968 July 27

Maria Grazia Cucinotta, actress (born at Messina,Sicilia,Italy) Leo

1968 September 28

Naomi Watts, actress (born at Shoreham, United Kingdom) Libra

1968 July 23

Stephanie Seymour, model (born at San Diego, California, USA) Leo

1968 September 25

Will Smith, actor (born at Filadelfia, Pennsylvania, USA) Libra

1968 September 17

Anastacia , singer (Lyn Newkirk) (born at Chicago,USA) Virgo

1968 September 17

Anastasia , singer Virgo

1968 September 20

Andrè Cruz , soccer player Virgo

1968 July 11

Antonella Bellutti , cyclist Cancer

1968 August 21

Antonio Benarrivo , soccer player (born at Italy) Leo

1968 December 19

Antonio Rossi , athlete Sagittarius

1968 April 19

Ashley Judd , actress Aries

1968 February 17

Beppe Signori , soccer player Aquarius

1968 July 08

Billy Crudup , actor Cancer

1968 August 18

Black Sabbath , Group Leo

1968 December 03

Brendan James Fraser , actor (born at Indianapolis,USA) Sagittarius

1968 December 18

Casprer Van Dien , actor Sagittarius

1968 March 30

Celine Dion , singer Aries

1968 January 15

Chad Lowe , actor Capricorn

1968 June 28

Chayanne , singer,actor (Elmer Figueroa Arce) (born at Rio Piedras) Cancer

1968 September 24

Chiara Noschese , actress Libra

1968 December 22

Claude Jean Tulard , writer Capricorn

1968 January 02

Cuba Gooding Jr , actor Capricorn

1968 August 18

Daniele Silvestri , singer Leo

1968 January 01

Davor Suker , soccer player Capricorn

1968 May 03

Deborah Caprioglio , actress Taurus

1968 January 16

Deep Purple , group Capricorn

1968 October 15

Didier Deschamps , soccer player Libra

1968 November 11

Diego Fuser , soccer player Scorpio

1968 December 11

Fabrizio Ravanelli , soccer player Sagittarius

1968 May 26

Federico Re di Danimarca , Noble Gemini

1968 May 04

Francesca Bortolazzi , cyclist Taurus

1968 January 31

Francesco Liparota , caso Marta Russo Aquarius

(1968)

Francesco Pedone , soccer player (born at Milano,Italy)

1968 June 12

Francesco Renga , singer Gemini

1968 December 02

Francesco Toldo , soccer player Sagittarius

(1968)

Gary Coleman , TV Actor (dead 2010)

1968 March 05

Gennaro Di Napoli , soccer player Pisces

(1968)

GianPietro Piovani , soccer player (born at Orzinuovi)

1968 September 10

Guy Ritchie , actor Virgo

(1968)

Hugh Jackman , Actor

1968 October 12

Hugh Michael Jackman , actor (born at Sydney,Australia) Libra

1968 September 26

James Caviezel , actor Libra

1968 October 01

Jay Underwood , actor Libra

1968 March 11

John Barrowman , actor Pisces

1968 September 10

Johnathon Schaech , actor Virgo

1968 May 22

Kate Russel , actress Gemini

1968 July 23

Lara Nones Orfei , circense Leo

1968 February 01

Lisa Marie Presley , actress (born at Memphis,USA) Aquarius

(1968)

LL Cool J , Rapper

1968 September 05

Luana Ravegnini , showgirl, actress Virgo

1968 August 04

Marcus Schenkenberg , modello Leo

1968 April 25

Massimo Di Cataldo , singer Taurus

1968 October 13

Maurizio Ganz , soccer player Libra

1968 January 05

Max Galli , Artista,entrepreneur Capricorn

1968 September 28

Mika Pauli Häkkinen , Formula1 driver Libra

1968 April 29

Mirka Viola , actress (born at Forlì,Italy) Taurus

1968 February 18

Molly Ringwald , actress Aquarius

1968 May 16

Niccolò Fabi , singer Taurus

1968 May 01

Oliver Bierhoff , soccer player Taurus

1968 May 08

Omar Camporese , Tennis player Taurus

1968 November 18

Owen Wilson , actor Scorpio

1968 June 26

Paolo Maldini , soccer player (born at Milano,Italy) Cancer

1968 November 08

Parker Posey , actor Scorpio

1968 April 08

Patricia Arquette , actress Aries

1968 March 04

Patsy Kensit , actress Pisces

1968 January 30

Principe Filippo di Borbone , Principe Aquarius

1968 July 22

Rhys Ifans , actor Cancer

1968 September 21

Ricki Lake , actress Virgo

1968 June 20

Robert Rodriguez , actor Gemini

1968 December 05

Roberta Capua , television host Sagittarius

1968 April 21

Sabina Stilo , singer Taurus

1968 March 15

Sabrina Salerno , singer,actress Pisces

1968 March 27

Sadie Frost , actress Aries

1968 October 22

Shaggy , reegae singer (Orville Richard Burrell) Libra

1968 August 30

Sonia Grey , actress, conduttrice (born at Rho) Virgo

1968 December 23

Stefania Orlando , television host Capricorn

1968 July 23

Stefano Tanzi , ex Presidente Parma Calcio Leo

1968 May 07

Tracy Lords , actor Taurus

1968 October 08

Zvonimir Boban , soccer player croato (born at Imotski) Libra

1968 December 20

John Steinbeck , author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel Prize 1940)

1968 September 07

Lucio Fontana , Artist,sculptor (dead at Comabbio,Italy) (born 1899 February 19) Aquarius

1968 October 02

Marcel Duchamp , Artist (born 1887 July 28) Leo

1968 April 04

Martin Luther King , politician (dead at Memphis, Tennessee, USA) (born 1929 January 15) Capricorn

1968 June 06

Robert Francis Kennedy Bob , politician (born 1925 November 20) Scorpio

1968 June 06

Robert Kennedy , President (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1925 November 20) Scorpio

1968 June 14

Salvatore Quasimodo , poet/essayist (Nobel ~1959~) (dead at Naples, Italy) (born 1901 August 20) Leo

1968 November 25

Upton Beall Sinclair , writer (dead at Bound Brook) (born 1878 September 20) Virgo

1968 March 27

Yuri Gagarin Jurij Alekseevic , astronauta (dead at Kiržac) (born 1934 March 09) Pisces