* The Evolution of Character Codes, 1874 – 1968

* 1968 – In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.

* 1968 – Pierre Elliot Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.

* 1968 – Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver

* 1968 – Vanessa Lann, American composer

* 1968 – Alicia Coppola, American actress

* 1968 – Toby Gad, German-American songwriter and producer

* 1968 – Adam Graves, Canadian hockey player

* 1903 – Ferenc Keserű, Hungarian water polo player ( d. 1968 )

* 1930 – Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler ( d. 1968 )

* 1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer

* 1968 – McG, American director, writer, and producer

* 1968 – Gillian Anderson, American actress

* 1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor

* 1968 – Sam Fogarino, American drummer ( Interpol and Magnetic Morning )

* 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.

The tempo of the play changed over the next four series in the 1960s, held in 1962 – 63, 1964, 1965 – 66 and 1968.

The remaining five series were drawn, with Australia retaining the Ashes four times ( 1938, 1962 – 63, 1965 – 66, 1968 ) and England retaining it once ( 1972 ).

* 1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.

* 1968 – Stefan Effenberg, German footballer

* 1968 – John Stanier, American drummer ( Helmet, Tomahawk, The Mark of Cain, and Battles )

* 1968 – Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1908 )

* Twisted Nerve ( 1968 )

" Georgie's Theme " from Herrmann's score for the 1968 film Twisted Nerve is whistled by one-eyed nurse Elle Driver in the hospital corridor scene in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol.

* Twisted Nerve ( 1968 )

* Twisted Nerve ( 1968 )

* Twisted Nerve ( 1968 )

Twisted Nerve is a 1968 British psychological thriller film about a disturbed young man, Martin, who pretends, under the name of Georgie, to be mentally retarded in order to be near Susan, a girl he has become infatuated with, killing those who get in his way.

* Twisted Nerve ( 1968 )-Gerry Henderson

American Ray Heppenstall joined Howmet Corporation and McKee Engineering together to develop their own gas turbine sports car in 1968, the Howmet TX, which ran several American and European events, including two wins, and also participated in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans.

On April 6, 1968, a natural gas explosion and fire destroyed or damaged several downtown blocks and killed 41 people ; more than 150 were injured.

For 1968 models, the 1967 body style continued, but with revised side scoops, steering wheel, and gas caps.

The world's first car-carrying hovercraft was made in 1968, the BHC Mountbatten class ( SR. N4 ) models, each powered by four Rolls-Royce Proteus gas turbine engines.

In the United Kingdom, " Any weapon of whatever description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing " is a Prohibited Weapon, under S. 5 of The Firearms Act 1968.

In 1968 test drillings reveal a significant reservoir of natural gas near the city.

By January 1968, reports began circulating that natural gas had been discovered by a discovery well.

On 16 May 1968 the 22 storey residential tower Ronan Point in the London Borough of Newham collapsed when a relatively small gas explosion on the 18th floor caused a structural wall panel to be blown away from the building.

From 1968 to 1982 Via Rail operated a gas turbine powered passenger service between Toronto and Montreal.

M48s with gas engines, however, were still in use in the US Army through 1968 and through 1975 by many West German Army units including the 124th Panzer Battalion.

( They were used primarily when tear gas ( CS gas ) was employed in combat, such as by tunnel rats, and by troops engaged in urban / city combat, such as the Marines in Hue City in January and February, 1968 ).

Since construction of the first houses in 1968, Westhill has undergone a gradual expansion, much of which is tied to the North East's oil and gas economy.

* Season 2 – 1968 Dodge Dart GTS 340 convertible " kustomized " by George Barris with functional hood scoops, Lucas Flamethrower driving lights, blacked-out grille, racing-style gas filler cap, molded-in rear spoiler, blacked out taillight panel and custom taillight lenses.

In December 1968, Adair sealed a large gas leak at an Australian gas and oil platform off Victoria's south-east coast.

In 1968, huge reserves of natural gas were discovered 20 kilometers west of the city.

Also filmed at the Red Sand forts was the 1968 Doctor Who serial Fury from the Deep, in which the complex stood in for a North Sea gas refinery besieged by an intelligent seaweed creature.

Ronan Point was a 22-storey tower block in Newham, east London, which suffered a partial collapse on 16 May 1968 when a gas explosion demolished a load-bearing wall, causing the collapse of one entire corner of the building.

An oil refinery was established by SOGARA in the 1960s, with natural gas added in 1968.

* 1968 Acquired Penn Controls which produces refrigeration and gas heating controls

it: A tutto gas ( film 1968 )

Although the superheater developed by Allis-Chalmers was plagued with technical difficulties and which led to NSP's eventual decision to retire the reactor by 1967 ( and convert the plant to run on gas and oil by 1968 ), the lessons NSP learned from Pathfinder served the company in its operation of the Prairie Island and Monticello nuclear plants.