* 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 – Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.

* 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 )

" ( League of Undercover Spies and Terrorists ) novels between 1968 and 1975 under the name Rod Gray.

( 1957 ), written by Arthur Hailey ( who also penned the 1968 novel Airport ) about an airplane crew that succumbs to food poisoning ; and The Doomsday Flight ( 1966 ), written by Rod Serling and starring Edmond O ' Brien as a disgruntled aerospace engineer who plants a barometric pressure bomb on an airliner built by his former employer set to explode when the airliner descends for landing.

* Actor Rod Steiger did a brief impression of Fields in the film No Way to Treat a Lady ( 1968 ).

The first was Planet of the Apes ( 1968 ), a science fiction feature film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling.

The band featured Rod Evans, who alongside Paice was to form the original line-up of Deep Purple in February 1968.

He also made feature films during this time, beginning with the important role of Rod Taylor ’ s best friend and copilot, Mike Brewer, in The Hell with Heroes in 1968 and the next year in Generation.

He attended the University of Southern California from 1964-where he played for Rod Dedeaux, and was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft.

Rod Evans ( born 19 January 1947 in Slough, Berkshire ) is a former English singer and was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968.

He has also appeared in several movies, including The Man from Planet X ( 1951 ) with Robert Clarke, The Tarnished Angels ( 1958 ) with Robert Stack, Blue Denim ( 1959 ) with Brandon deWilde, In the Heat of the Night ( 1967 ) with Rod Steiger, Speedway ( 1968 ) with Elvis Presley, The Jerk ( 1979 ) with Steve Martin, Teachers ( 1984 ) with Nick Nolte, and Innerspace ( 1987 ), in which he played Martin Short's doctor.

Script to a film by Rod Whitaker and Richard Kooris ( 1968 ).

Born in in Pendleton, Oregon, Kingman was drafted by the California Angels out of high school in the second round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft, and by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round of the 1968 draft, but chose, instead, to attend the University of Southern California ( USC ) to play college baseball for the USC Trojans under coach Rod Dedeaux.

From 1962 to 1968 he acted in a total of eleven West German Western movies adapted from novels by German author Karl May, in which he played the fictional Indian chief Winnetou of the Mescalero Apache tribe, alongside Lex Barker ( 7 movies ), Stewart Granger ( 3 movies ) and Rod Cameron ( 1 movie ) as the white heroes.

* Dark of the Sun, a 1968 film starring Rod Taylor also known as The Mercenaries

His collegiate coach, Rod Rust, said of the 1968 consensus All-America, " There are two factors behind Joe's success.

He recovered to become a regular with the Rangers from 1963 until 1975 — his greatest success coming with his linemates Vic Hadfield and Rod Gilbert in the so-called " GAG line " ( which stood for Goal A Game ) -- and was the perennial scoring leader for the Rangers between 1968 and 1973 when the team was a powerhouse annually among the league's best.

Between 1962 and 1968 Walthamstow Stadium was home to BriSCA " Senior " F1 and " Junior " F2 stock cars, raced by Londoners such as Rod Dore, Vic Ferriday, Maxie Bacon, Barry Brew, and more.

On 29 March 1968 the Spedeworth promotion took over the running of racing at Walthamstow with their Superstox, Stock Car, Hot Rod, Banger and Midget Racing.

Rodney Roy " Rod " Beck ( August 3, 1968 – June 23, 2007 ), nicknamed " Shooter ", was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (–), Chicago Cubs (–), Boston Red Sox ( 1999 –) and San Diego Padres (–).

Rod Hemsell is an educator and author who lived in Auroville and at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram from 1968 to 1983.

Law gained attention in the thriller Danger: Diabolik ( 1968 ), in The Sergeant ( 1968 ) with Rod Steiger, and as a Russian sailor stranded in a New England village in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming ( 1966 ) with Alan Arkin.

On February 24, 1968, Rogatien Vachon of Montreal was the victim of four goals by Rod Gilbert, who set an NHL record with 16 shots on goal.

* Nobody Runs Forever ( The High Commissioner ) ( 1968 ), starring Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer and Camilla Sparv-based on his novel only

In late 1968, Henrit teamed up with Russ Ballard, Jim Rodford and Rod Argent to form Argent, and remained with them until the band ended in 1976.