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April 4, 1968

On April 4, 1968, martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The year's #1 song was "Hey Jude" by The Beatles. Ashley Judd, Mswati III, Julia Morris would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1968th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 968th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1960s decade.

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On April 4, 1968

  1. 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

    1968 murder in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

    m. , an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was rushed to St.

  2. 1968 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.

    1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program

    The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceived in 1960 in the Dwight D. Eisenhower presidency during Project Mercury and executed after Project Gemini.

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Others born in 1968

Ashley Judd 1968– American actress
Mswati III 1968– King (Ngwenyama) of Eswatini (Swaziland)
Julia Morris 1968– Australian entertainer
Dana Milbank 1968– American journalist and author
Jack de Gier 1968– Dutch footballer
Karl Wendlinger 1968– Austrian racing driver

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