1968-8

昭和43年

8/

『少年ジャンプ』が創刊され、『ハレンチ学園』連載開始。

8/8 木

札幌医科大学で日本初（世界30例目）の心臓移植が和田寿郎によって行われた。日本初のレシピエントは移植83日後タンを詰まらせ死亡（和田心臓移植事件）。

8/12 月

ザ・タイガースが後楽園球場でコンサートを開催（日本初のスタジアムライブ）。

8/16 金

熊谷一弥、没。77歳（誕生:明治23(1890)/09/10）。日本人初のデビスカップ出場を果たした。

8/18 日

岐阜・白川町で、観光バス2台が飛騨川に転落し、104人が死亡する。

8/18 日

岐阜県の国道41号で、集中豪雨のため土砂崩れが起こり、観光バス2台が飛騨川に転落し、乗客104人が死亡（飛騨川バス転落事故）。

8/20 火

ワルシャワ条約機構軍がチェコスロヴァキアに軍事介入（チェコ事件）。

8/20 火

日本専売公社が20本入りたばこ「エコー」を発売。

8/21 水

産業構造審議会総合部会基本問題特別委員会が、大型合併に賛成の意見をまとめる。

8/22 木

丸谷才一が「年の残り」で第59回芥川賞を受賞する。

1968

8/1 Thu

Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in coins

8/1 Thu

Cleveland Metroparks begins operating Zoo

8/1 Thu

WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newportp~ OH (IND) begins broadcasting

8/1 Thu

The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiahp~ the 29th Sultan of Brunei.

8/2 Fri

35th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 34p~ All-Stars 17 (69p~917)

8/3 Sat

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

8/4 Sun

100p~000 attend Newport Pop Festivalp~ Costa Mesap~ Calif

8/4 Sun

Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Gino Paoli Golf Open

8/4 Sun

WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Patersonp~ NY (UNI) begins broadcasting

8/5 Mon

WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashvillep~ TN (IND) 1st broadcast

1968

8/1 Thu

"Jeff Beck Group releases their album Truth. A seminal work of heavy metal, it incorporates blues and hard rock. It introduced the talents of Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood."

8/4 Sun

"Yes performs for the first time, at a summer camp."

8/23 Fri

"Simon & Garfunkel give a live concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California. A recording is later released on CD in 1994 by Australian company Vigotone Records as Voices of Intelligent Dissent."

9/7 Sat

"Led Zeppelin performs for the first time, billed as The New Yardbirds (the Yardbirds had disbanded two months earlier, and guitarist Jimmy Page subsequently formed this new group)."

9/14 Sat

"The two sons of singer Roy Orbison, 10-year-old Roy DeWayne Orbison and 6-year-old Anthony King Orbison, die in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Orbison's youngest son is saved."

9/15 Sun

"Song of Summer, Ken Russell's noted TV documentary about Frederick Delius, is shown for the first time as part of the BBC's Omnibus series."

9/15 Sun

PocketDiscs are released in several test markets in the United States.

10/8 Tue

"The soundtrack for the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet is released, containing popular ""What Is a Youth"" tune."

11/8 Fri

John and Cynthia Lennon are divorced.

11/15 Fri

"500,000 people march in Washington, D.C. for peace, which becomes the largest anti-war rally in U.S. history. In attendance: Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, Mitch Miller, touring cast of Hair"

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