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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 8, 1968, covering May 9, 1968.
Soundtrack
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra
Soundtrack
Aretha Franklin
Simon & Garfunkel
Bill Cosby
Otis Redding
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
1968Graham Harman, American philosopher and academic[†]
Graham Harman is an American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. His work on the metaphysics of objects led to the development of object-oriented ontology. He is a central figure in the speculative realism trend in contemporary philosophy.
1968Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport[†]
Ruth Maria Kelly is the chair of Water UK, the trade association representing all of the water and wastewater companies of the United Kingdom.
1968Marie-José Pérec, French sprinter[†]
Marie-José Pérec is a retired French track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres and is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. She was born in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe and moved to Paris when she was 16 years old.
1968Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)[†]
Mercedes de Acosta was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. Although she failed to achieve artistic and professional distinction, de Acosta is known for her many lesbian affairs with celebrated Broadway and Hollywood personalities including Alla Nazimova, Isadora Duncan, Eva Le Gallienne, and Marlene Dietrich. Her best-known involvement was with Greta Garbo with whom, in 1931, she began a sporadic and volatile romance. Her 1960 memoir, Here Lies the Heart, is considered part of gay history insofar that it hints at the lesbian element in some of her relationships.
1968Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (born 1894)[†]
Harold Lincoln Gray was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the newspaper comic strip Little Orphan Annie.
1968Marion Lorne, American actress (born 1883)[†]
Marion Lorne MacDougal or MacDougall, known professionally as Marion Lorne, was an American actress on stage, film, and television. After a career in theatre in New York and London, Lorne made her first film in 1951, and for the remainder of her life played small roles in films and television. Her recurring role as Aunt Clara in the comedy series Bewitched, between 1964 and her death in 1968, brought her widespread recognition, and she was posthumously awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
1968Finlay Currie, British actor (born 1878)[†]
William Finlay Currie was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television. He received great acclaim for his roles as Abel Magwitch in the British film Great Expectations (1946) and as Balthazar in the American film Ben-Hur (1959).
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US Sen R F Kennedy issues statement, NYC, attacking anti-Zionist campaign; calls on Poland to honor its commitment to grant exit permits to Polish Jews who want to come to US
US officials say Johnson sent lr to Premier Kosygin proposing new exchs on USSR--US problems to persuade USSR to use influence on N Vietnam in talks
Min Couve de Murville says France expects US and N Vietnam to move from preliminary talks to full-scale pol negotiations without changing delegations or leaving Paris, Cabinet meeting under de Gaulle; Washington officials silent, but Adm reptdly believes talks will become full-fledged peace negotiations; French observers feel Couve de Murville statement reflects N Vietnamese intentions; say N Vietnam could be expected to stick to demand that halt in Amer bombing be unconditional, but obliquely expressed pro to move on to peace negotiations might constitute concession N Vietnam could make to US; N Vietnamese described as wanting to give talks formal character; are reptd to be disappointed over bldg site; N Vietnamese press spokesman Nguyen Than Le arrives, Paris; Xuan Thuy arrives in Moscow on way to Paris
Pope to assist at opening of gen bishops conf, Bogota, Colombia, Aug
Zhivkov, Kadar, Ulbricht and Gomulka go to Moscow in move apparently linked to liberalization in Czech and effect it may have on bloc unity
enemy forces step up terrorist activity in Saigon and stage new attacks at Danang; US mil spokesman says terrorist activity does not pose serious threat; says enemy conventional mil pressure on outskirts of Saigon all but evaporates because enemy has not been able to get reinforcements; allied and enemy casualty figures in enemy's current offensive listed; 141 civilians have been killed, 1,230 wounded; 40,000 have been driven from homes in Saigon; illus; map
pkg revd; seen personal victories for Rockefeller and Travia
pub opinion poll for NY Times finds 53% of NY Met Area adults oppose loss of scholarships by students involved in campus disorders; table
faculty exec com warns some student strikers 'are seeking to escalate conflict' by creating provocative incidents on campus, statement; cites gains already made toward changing univ's structure; stand follows rept that student demonstrators plan new confrontation with authorities; Kirk says important actions have been taken toward meeting student demands, statement; says there is gen agreement without reservation that structure of univ must be re-examined and that univ trustees will meet with city reprs and community on gymnasium; says trustees will provide funds for faculty exec com and fact-finding com; students continue picketing informal classes; illus; student group files suit, Fed ct, seeking injunction against univ prosecution of students arrested previously
backs proposals to authorize some forms of wiretapping and modify Sup Ct decisions that broaden rights of suspects, statement issued by NYC office; returns to NYC from Neb
Pres Johnson welcomes Thanom Kittikachorn to White House; illus