1968: The Year in People

What happened in 1968

1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1968th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 968th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1960s decade.

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Died in 1968

• Frankie Lymon1942–1968 · American singer
• Bea Benaderet1906–1968 · American actress
• Enoch L. Johnson1883–1968 · American political boss and mobster
• Franchot Tone1905–1968 · American actor and director
• Dan Duryea1907–1968 · American actor
• Little Walter1930–1968 · American blues harmonica player
• George Hackenschmidt1877–1968 · Estonian strongman and professional wrestler
• Bill Masterton1938–1968 · Canadian ice hockey player
• Dennis O'Keefe1908–1968 · American actor
• Carl Theodor Dreyer1889–1968 · Danish film director
• Ulysses S. Grant III1881–1968 · American army officer and grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant
• Alice Guy-Blaché1873–1968 · French film director