1968-5

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昭和43年

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。

5/16 木

十勝沖地震発生。

5/21 火

フランスで、この日の一千万人が参加したと言われるゼネラル・ストライキが発生。学生の街頭占拠と労働者のストライキが一ヶ月に渡って続発した五月革命の発端であり、かつ頂点となる。

5/27 月

国税庁による日大の20億円使途不明金の摘発をきっかけに学生たちが全学共闘会議を結成する。

6/2 日

Ｆ４ファントム戦闘機が九州大学構内に建築中の計算センターに墜落する。

6/2 日

福岡市の板付基地で夜間離発着訓練中だった米空軍のF-4ファントム戦闘爆撃機が、九州大学に建設中の大型電算機センターに墜落。（九州大学電算センターファントム墜落事故）

1968

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

5/2 Thu

Israeli television begins transmitting

5/3 Fri

Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica Intl

5/4 Sat

1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneersp~ 4 games to 3

5/4 Sat

94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins

5/4 Sat

Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02_

1968

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."

5/14 Tue

"At a press conference, John Lennon and Paul McCartney introduce the Beatles' new business concept, Apple Corps, Ltd., a disastrously mismanaged entertainment company that included a recording studio, a record label, and clothing store."

5/26 Sun

Blues artist Little Willie John dies in prison after being convicted of manslaughter.

5/30 Thu

"The Beatles begin recording The White Album (officially titled, simply, The Beatles). Sessions would span over 4 months, ending on October 14."

6/

David Ruffin is fired from The Temptations

6/20 Thu

"Martha Reeves & the Vandellas make their debut at the Copacabana in New York City, winning a rave review in the New York Times. The engagement was recorded but remains in the Motown vaults."

7/7 Sun

The Yardbirds perform for the last time before disbanding.

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