On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
London youths, supporting W Ger students, demonstrate at London Daily Mail hq, where Springer's London office is located
Dem Govt Conf meeting in effort to unite behind candidate fails to reach accord on anything but statement Govt say hat little or no effect; Govt sidestep proposal by Southern Govt group led by Connally to remain uncommitted for 2-3 mos; proposal teen effort to slow down Kennedy and promote Humphrey; failure to reach accord teen sign of how deeply wilt party it; statement says Govs will observe events for next mo and then reach 'decision of conscience'; Humphrey, Kennedy backers satisfied with statement; Maddox says he will not back Kennedy or Humphrey if either is nominated; R J Hughes comments; Hoff traveled to meeting on plane supplied by Kennedy
survey of implementation of plans declared by '67 summit conf
Por
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 10, 1968, covering April 16, 1968.
Soundtrack
Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra
Aretha Franklin
Otis Redding
Simon & Garfunkel
1968Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager[†]
Vickie Lynn Benson, better known as Vickie Guerrero, is an American former professional wrestling personality and manager. She is best known for her tenures in WWE and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She was born in El Paso, Texas.
1968Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner[†]
Rüdiger Stenzel is a former German middle distance runner who participated in several international championships in the 1990s.
1968Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893)[†]
Fay Okell Bainter was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1968Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885)[†]
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]