On this day

July 22, 1968

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from July 22, 1968

RUSSIAN FORCES APPEAR TO DELAY LEAVING SLOVAKIA; Prague's Silence Indicates That New Date for Exit Passes Without Move NATION'S TENSION RISES Response Awaited to Soviet Call for Parley -- Demand Is Assailed on Radio SOVIET UNITS' EXIT APPEARS DELAYED

By Henry Kammspecial To the New York Times

USSR troops apparently remaining in Czech on day when delayed withdrawal was to have been completed; officials silent, confirming suspicion of many Czechs that departure has again not been completed on schedule and nourishing fears of USSR intervention; authoritative sources estimate that 16,000 USSR troops took part in maneuvers; Czech radio commentator J Dienstbir denies Pact is threatened by developments in Czech; USSR convoy illus on way to frontier

None0 words
Continue reading...
Share

2 GOVERNORS BACK KENNEDY AS NO. 2; Hughes and Shapiro Assert His Candidacy Would Add Strength to the Ticket 2 Governors Want Kennedy on Ticket SENATOR VIEWED AS VOTE-GETTER Hughes and Shapiro Push Him at Governors Parley

By Warren Weaver Jr.special To the New York Times

drive to make Kennedy Vice-Pres candidate gains strength at Natl Govs Conf; Govs R J Hughes and Shapiro strongly back him, press confs; Shapiro indicates Mayor Daley will deliver Ill delegation to Humphrey; Hughes, Credentials Com chmn, indicates he will give some help to McCarthy delegates by saying he is opposed to loyalty oaths; says NJ delegation will vote to abolish unit rule

None0 words
Continue reading...
Share

FEDERAL RESERVE PROPOSES REFORM ON DISCOUNT RATE; ' Basic Borrowing Privilege' Recommended for Banks -- Adoption Is Expected Federal Reserve Studies Reform on Discount Rate ' Basic Borrowing Privilege' Proposed for Banks -- Changes Are Expected to Be in Effect About Yearend

By Special to The New York Times

Fed Reserve study group recommends reforms of discount rate under which banks would be given a basic borrowing privilege; reform is aimed at more frequent and more responsive changes in discount rate in close alignment with money mkt rates; categories of borrowings from Fed Reserve detailed; Reserve Bd gov G W Mitchell comments, describes how changes would work

None0 words
Continue reading...
Share

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 17, 1968, covering July 22, 1968.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

    Bookends

    Simon & Garfunkel

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  2. 2
    Album cover for Beat Of The Brass by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Beat Of The Brass

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Graduate by Soundtrack

    The Graduate

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19
  4. 4
    Album cover for A Tramp Shining by Richard Harris

    A Tramp Shining

    Richard Harris

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Look Around by Sergio Mendes

    Look Around

    Sergio Mendes

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    20

Notable Deaths

Giovannino Guareschi

1968Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (born 1908)[†]

Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi was an Italian journalist, cartoonist, and humorist whose best known creation is the priest Don Camillo.

Historical Context for July 22, 1968

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