Historical figures in 1968
The atlas holds 78 people and 117 moments here, in 1968. The most recorded lives are Martin Luther King Jr., Indira Gandhi and Umm Kulthum. Among them Writers, Performers and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Gough Whitlam
in 1968
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Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Helen Keller
in 1968
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Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Howard Florey
in 1968
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Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…
Indira Gandhi
in 1968
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1968
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French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jerry Rawlings
in 1968
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Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian Air Force officer and politician who led Ghana in 1979 and from 1981 to 2001, first as military ruler and later as…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1968
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Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
Jim Morrison
in 1968
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James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…
John Atta Mills
in 1968
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John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian legal scholar and politician who served as vice president of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 and president from 7…
John Eccles
in 1968
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Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
John Lennon
in 1968
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English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
John McCain
in 1968
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John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…
John Steinbeck
in 1968
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American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1968
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Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1968
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Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1968
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Judy Garland
in 1968
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American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1968
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American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Kenzaburō Ōe
in 1968
1 moment here
Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…
Lars Onsager
in 1968
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Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Lê Đức Thọ
in 1968
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Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1968
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Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Lev Landau
in 1968
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Soviet theoretical physicist Lev Davidovich Landau was born in Baku, educated in Baku and Leningrad, and undertook formative research travel in…
Lyndon B. Johnson
in 1968
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) was a Texas-born teacher, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 36th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1968 American College of Cardiology address Christiaan Barnard
- 1968 Insulin paper at Hirschegg conference Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1968 Air Force posting for further study Jerry Rawlings
- 1968 Solitary confinement in Hanoi John McCain
- 1968 Address declining another presidential term Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1968 Leads disrupted Memphis march Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1968 Rallies Memphis sanitation workers Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1968 Elected president by the MPRS Suharto
- 1968 Concert at Mohammed V Theatre Umm Kulthum
- 1968 Fatal training flight Yuri Gagarin
- 1968 Death in Moscow Lev Landau
- 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968 signing Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1968 Assassinated at Lorraine Motel Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1968 Delivers final speech at Mason Temple Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1968 Dies at St. Joseph's Hospital Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1968 State visit to Switzerland Olav V
- 1968 State visit to the United States Olav V
- 1968 Johnson meeting in Honolulu Park Chung Hee
- 1968 War-effort visit to Kuwait Umm Kulthum
- 1968 London concert at Finsbury Park Astoria Aretha Franklin
- 1968 London concert at Hammersmith Odeon Aretha Franklin
- 1968 Visit to Baden-Baden during May 1968 Charles de Gaulle
- 1968 Australian War Memorial visit Indira Gandhi
- 1968 Taronga Zoo visit Indira Gandhi
- 1968 University of Melbourne dinner Indira Gandhi
- 1968 Urgent museum meeting at Mougins Pablo Picasso
- 1968 War-effort visit to Tunisia Umm Kulthum
- 1968 Shot at the Factory Andy Warhol
- 1968 Mediterranean cruise meeting Andrea Dotti Audrey Hepburn
- 1968 Recording the '68 Comeback Special Elvis Presley
- 1968 Death at Arcan Ridge Helen Keller
- 1968 Conversation in Greenwich Village Kenzaburō Ōe
- 1968 Arrival for Paris peace talks Lê Đức Thọ
- 1968 Meeting Kosygin en route to Paris Lê Đức Thọ
- 1968 A Doll's House at Sabo Kaikan Hall Momoko Kōchi
- 1968 Medical treatment in Germany Abebe Bikila
- 1968 Lecture at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Alexander Prokhorov
- 1968 House UFO symposium testimony Carl Sagan
- 1968 Heart-transplant symposium Christiaan Barnard
- 1968 State visit to Moscow after the war Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1968 Hollywood Bowl performance Jim Morrison
- 1968 Last United States concert Judy Garland
- 1968 Johnson meeting in Honolulu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz match Pelé
- 1968 Arab Socialist Union gathering Anwar Sadat
- 1968 Junior appearance Garrincha
- 1968 Campaigns at Miami Beach convention Ronald Reagan
- 1968 Philippines-earthquake charity fair Teresa Teng
- 1968 Relocation to Umuahia Chinua Achebe
- 1968 Fifth OAU Summit Gamal Abdel Nasser