1968-5-1

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4/23 火

日通事件。東京地検が、池田前日本通運副社長を逮捕する。

4/25 木

万城目正、没。63歳（誕生:明治38(1905)/01/31）。作曲家。

4/25 木

東名高速道路、東京IC-厚木IC、富士IC-静岡IC、岡崎IC-小牧IC各区間が開通、小牧ICで名神高速道路と接続。

4/26 金

閣議が、国内産金の通貨用強制買上げ中止を決定する。

4/29 月

ニューヨーク・ブロードウェイのビルトモア劇場で、ミュージカル「ヘアー」開演。

5/1 水

日商と岩井産業が合併調印、日商岩井設立。

5/1 水

三洋電機が電気掃除機「太郎」を発売。

5/8 水

富山県イタイイタイ病が公害病に認定される。

5/11 土

京王帝都電鉄が、井の頭線に全国初の冷房車を使用する。

5/16 木

十勝沖地震。北海道南部・東北地方北部で、マグニチュード7.9の大地震が発生し、死者行方不明者合せて52名を出す。

1968

4/27 Sat

Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands

4/28 Sun

11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old

4/28 Sun

Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational

4/29 Mon

Hair opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances

4/30 Tue

3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game

5/1 Wed

Ben Franklin in Paris closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 215 perfs

5/1 Wed

Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup

5/2 Thu

1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony

5/2 Thu

22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakersp~ 4 games to 2

5/2 Thu

Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London

1968

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."

5/7 Tue

Aretha Franklin records her live LP Aretha In Paris at the Olympia Theater.

5/7 Tue

"Karlheinz Stockhausen begins composing his fifteen intuitive music works, Aus den sieben Tagen."

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