1968
Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
Leah Pinsent is a Canadian television and film actress.
Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
The 1960s
Explore 4408 historical events from 1960–1969.
1968
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (died 2004)
Darrell James Russell was an American National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racer. He was the 2001 NHRA Rookie Of The Year. At the time, he was the third driver to win in his Pr…
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (died 2004)
1968
Norah Vincent, American writer (died 2022)
Norah Mary Vincent was an American writer. She was a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a quarterly columnist on politics and culture for the national gay news magazine…
Norah Vincent, American writer (died 2022)
1968
Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893)
Fay Okell Bainter was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893)
1968
Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885)
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace (195…
Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885)
1968
Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (born 1877)
Rudolph Dirks was one of the earliest and most noted comic strip artists, well known for The Katzenjammer Kids.
Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (born 1877)
1968
Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (born 1876)
John Walter Beardsley Tewksbury was an American track and field athlete. At the 1900 Summer Olympics, he won five medals, including two golds.
Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (born 1876)
1968
John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (born 1891)
John Heartfield was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Hea…
John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (born 1891)
1968
Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (born 1877)
Aasa Helgesen born Aasa Røinesdal was a Norwegian midwife and politician. She served as mayor of Utsira Municipality from 1926 to 1928, and was the first female mayor in Norway. Sh…
Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (born 1877)
1968
Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (born 1932)
Lin Zhao, born Peng Lingzhao (彭令昭), was a prominent Chinese dissident who was imprisoned and later executed by gunshot by the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolut…
Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (born 1932)
1968
Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1895)
John James "Jolly Jack" Adams was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League and Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He playe…
Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1895)
1968
Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (born 1886)
Sir Harold George Nicolson was a British politician, writer, broadcaster and gardener. His wife was Vita Sackville-West.
Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (born 1886)
1968
Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)
Mercedes de Acosta was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. Although she failed to achieve artistic and professional distinction, de Acosta is known for her many lesbian aff…
Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)
1968
Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (born 1894)
Harold Lincoln Gray was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the newspaper comic strip Little Orphan Annie.
Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (born 1894)
1968
Marion Lorne, American actress (born 1883)
Marion Lorne MacDougal or MacDougall, known professionally as Marion Lorne, was an American actress on stage, film, and television. After a career in theatre in New York and London…
Marion Lorne, American actress (born 1883)
1968
Finlay Currie, British actor (born 1878)
William Finlay Currie was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television. He received great acclaim for his roles as Abel Magwitch in the British film Great Expectations (1946),…
Finlay Currie, British actor (born 1878)
1968
Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (born 1929)
Scott Hastings Beckett was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor in the Our Gang shorts and later costarred on Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.
Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (born 1929)
1968
Husband E
Husband Edward Kimmel was a United States Navy four-star admiral who was the commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) during the Japanese attack on Pearl …
Husband E
1968
Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (born 1897)
Francis Henry Walsh was an Australian politician who was the 34th Premier of South Australia from 1965 to 1967, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Par…
Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (born 1897)
1968
Doris Lloyd, English actress (born 1896)
Hessy Doris Lloyd was a British actress. She appeared in The Time Machine (1960) and The Sound of Music (1965).
Doris Lloyd, English actress (born 1896)
1968
Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (born 1881)
Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded …
Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (born 1881)
1968
Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (born 1908)
Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov was a Soviet sniper during World War II credited with 429 kills. Nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 after tallying his first 420 …
Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (born 1908)
1968
Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (born 1896)
Arnold Susi was a lawyer and the Minister of Education in the Estonian government of Otto Tief established on 18 September 1944 during WWII. In 1945, Susi befriended Aleksandr Sol…
Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (born 1896)
1968
Helen Keller, American author and activist (born 1880)
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a …
Helen Keller, American author and activist (born 1880)