1968-3

A Long Time Comin'

Electric Flag

昭和43年

3/1 金

服部時計店が「トランジスタクロック」を発売。

3/2 土

NST新潟総合テレビ設立（12月16日開局）。　

3/3 日

尾道大橋開通。

3/5 火

日中総合貿易（ＬＴ貿易）延長交渉が妥結する。

3/15 金

横綱佐田の山が引退する。

3/16 土

ソンミ村虐殺事件。

3/18 月

米軍八王子キャンプにベトナム負傷兵用の野戦病院が開設される。

3/18 月

日産自動車が「キャブスター」を発売。

3/22 金

潜水調査船「しんかい」の命名着水式が行われる。

3/28 木

東大の卒業式が中止となる。

1968

3/1 Fri

NBC's unprecedented on-air announcementp~ Star Trek will return

3/1 Fri

Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting

3/1 Fri

Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands

3/1 Fri

Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect

3/2 Sat

Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler & Ford (GRB)

3/2 Sat

Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova & Protopopov (USSR)

3/2 Sat

Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT)

3/2 Sat

USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxyp~ biggest plane in the world

3/2 Sat

USSR launches space probe Zond 4: fails to leave Earth orbit

3/2 Sat

Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (US)

1968

3/1 Fri

"Johnny Cash and June Carter are married in Franklin, Kentucky, with Merle Kilgore as best man."

3/8 Fri

Bill Graham opens the Fillmore East in an abandoned movie theater in New York City.

3/25 Mon

The 58th and final new episode of The Monkees airs on NBC.

3/30 Sat

The Yardbirds record their live album Live Yardbirds at the Anderson Theater.

4/4 Thu

"James Brown appears on national television, in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr."

4/6 Sat

"The 13th Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Royal Albert Hall, London. The winning song, Spain's ""La, la, la"" is sung by Massiel, after Spanish authorities refused to allow Joan Manuel Serrat to perform it in Catalan. The UK finish in second place,

4/7 Sun

"Singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone's performance at Westbury Music Fair is dedicated to the late Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. The song ""Why? (the king of love is dead)"" by Gene Taylor is performed for the first time. the show was partially released on

4/29 Mon

The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre.

5/4 Sat

"Mary Hopkin performs on the British TV show Opportunity Knocks. Hopkin catches the attention of model Twiggy, who recommends her to Paul McCartney. McCartney would soon sign Hopkin to Apple Records."

5/5 Sun

"Buffalo Springfield performs together for the last time in Long Beach, California."

0 - 0

Home / Browse / 1968 / Electric Flag