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April 7, 1968

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Headlines from April 7, 1968

A Confluence of Civilizations in San Antonio; A Confluence of Civilizations in San Antonio

By Sherman Davis

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -- The theme of San Antonio's world's fair is "The Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas," but down here they simply call it Hemis-Fair '68, and it is spelled just like that -- with a capital F just to the right of center. The exposition, which is being held in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the founding of San Antonio, opened its 184-day run yesterday.

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MORE SOLDIERS SENT TO CONTROL WASHINGTON AND CHICAGO RIOTS;; 5,000 Troops Are Flown To Chicago for Riot Duty 5,000 U.S. Troops Sent as Chicago Riots Spread; Death Toll Is 9, and 300 Are Hurt A YOUTH CURFEW ORDERED BY DALEY 7,500 Guard Troops Help to Patrol the City -800 Persons Seized

By Donald Jansonspecial To the New York Times

Gov Wallace sends 700 Natl Guard troops to campus to free Foster and trustees who were locked in bldg by students protesting trustees failure to grant certain student demands

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 3, 1968, covering April 7, 1968.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Graduate by Soundtrack

    The Graduate

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Blooming Hits by Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra

    Blooming Hits

    Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  3. 3
    Album cover for Aretha: Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

    Aretha: Lady Soul

    Aretha Franklin

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan

    John Wesley Harding

    Bob Dylan

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Parsley; Sage; Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

    Parsley; Sage; Rosemary And Thyme

    Simon & Garfunkel

    Last week
    15
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    74

Notable Births

1968Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster[†]

Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong is an Australian former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Armstrong is best remembered for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

1968Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Jennifer Chambers Lynch is an American filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker David Lynch, she made her directorial debut with the film Boxing Helena in 1993. Following a troubled production, the film was a critical and commercial failure, with Lynch receiving a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director. The negative reception to her feature debut and controversy surrounding its release led to Lynch taking a 15-year hiatus from filmmaking.

1968Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist[†]

Jože Možina is a Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist. Jože Možina was born in 1968 in Šempeter pri Novi Gorici, Slovenia.

1968Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper[†]

Vasiliy Dmitryevich Sokov is a triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Russia.

Notable Deaths

1968Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (born 1893)[†]

Edwin Albert Baker, was a Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).

Jim Clark

1968Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (born 1936)[†]

James Clark was a British racing driver from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1968. Clark won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the records for most wins (25), pole positions (33), and fastest laps (28), among others. In American open-wheel racing, Clark won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965 with Lotus, becoming the first non-American winner of the race in 49 years.

Historical Events

1968Two-time Formula One British World Champion Jim Clark dies in an accident during a Formula Two race in Hockenheim.[†]

Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one of the world's premier forms of motorsport since its inaugural running in 1950 and is often considered to be the pinnacle of motorsport. The word formula in the name refers to the set of rules all participant cars must follow. A Formula One season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix. Grands Prix take place in multiple countries and continents on either purpose-built circuits or closed roads.

Historical Context for April 7, 1968

In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]