On this day
June 13, 1968
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from June 13, 1968
The Neanderthal Man Liked Flowers; Neanderthal Man, Scientists Find, Liked Flowers
A Leroi-Gourhan, in study of pollen samples from grave of Neanderthal man in Iraq, believes Neanderthal was buried on bed of flowers
U.S. Accuses Alabama Agencies Of Racial Discrimination on Jobs
Fed Govt charges 8 state agencies with employment discrimination against Negroes in violation of US law, suit, US Dist Ct, Montgomery; repts 87 of 3,071 full-time employes administering Fed programs are Negro, asks agencies be forced to adopt anti-discrimination regulation and redress machinery
Students Mob Rockefeller; Governor in Los Angeles
Rockefeller outlines broad philosophical approach to policy, s, Los Angeles; says US cannot act as world's policeman, has no obligation to spill its blood in every local conflict on the globe' unless internatl peace and own natl interest is directly involved
Rockefeller Signs City School Plan; Governor Signs Bill Mandating Decentralization of City Schools
Gov Rockefeller signs decentralization bill which will expanded from present 9 members to 13
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 12, 1968, covering June 13, 1968.
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The Graduate
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 14
- 2
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 8
- 3
Beat Of The Brass
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 6
- 4
The Birds; The Bees & The Monkees
The Monkees
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 6
- 5
Honey
Bobby Goldsboro
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 9
Notable Births
1968Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist[†]
Fabio Baldato is an Italian former racing cyclist. In 2008, he was the oldest rider in a ProTour team. His cycling career ended when he crashed heavily in the Eneco Tour. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
1968Peter DeBoer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
George Peter DeBoer is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the 12th round, 237th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1988 NHL entry draft but never played in the NHL, instead playing for the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League (IHL).
1968Darren Dreger, Canadian sportscaster[†]
Darren Dreger is a Canadian sportscaster for TSN, and is one of TSN's Hockey Insiders. He had previously hosted Leafs Lunch on CFMJ AM640 Toronto Radio.
1968David Gray, English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
David Peter Gray is a British singer-songwriter. Having released his debut album in 1993, he received worldwide attention with White Ladder five years later, particularly for the hit single "Babylon". White Ladder was the first of three chart-toppers in six years for Gray in the UK, where it became the fifth best-selling album of the 2000s. In 2019, it was ranked as the UK's tenth best-selling album of the 21st century. Gray reached the US Top 20 with five successive albums, and has received four Brit Award nominations, including two nominations for Best British Male.
1968Denise Pearson, English singer-songwriter[†]
Denise Lisa Maria Pearson, sometimes credited as Deniece Pearson, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the lead vocalist with the British pop/R&B group Five Star, which comprised herself and her four siblings. The group was created and managed by their father, Buster Pearson, in 1983. The group officially disbanded in 2001, though partial reunions have occurred since.
1968Marcel Theroux, Ugandan-English journalist and author[†]
Marcel Raymond Theroux is an English-American novelist and broadcaster. He wrote A Stranger in The Earth and The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase, for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in 2002. His third novel, A Blow to the Heart, was published by Faber in 2006. His fourth, Far North, was published in June 2009. His fifth, Strange Bodies, was published in May 2013. He has also worked in television news in New York City and in Boston.
Historical Context for June 13, 1968
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]