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The search for the missing prime minster Harold Holt who dissappeared whislt swimming in Portsea Victoria.
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John Gorton is now P.M due to Harold's disappearance.
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The 10,000 US airplane is lost over Vietnam.
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Australian Boxer Lionel Rose defeats "Harada" in Toyko world championhip's.
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Martin Luther King is shot dead at Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee. Riots fire up a few days afterwards
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Fluoridation of Sydney's water supply begins.
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Prince Phillip stays in Australia for a 10 day visit.
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3 Australian Journalist killed by Viet Cong
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Indian Prime Minsiter indira Gandhi visits Australia.
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Australian singing sensation Kylie Minogue is brought into the world
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James Earl Ray arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr
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Australia defeats France 20-2 in Rugby League World cup final at the SCG.
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British comedian Tony Hancock found dead in Sydney Hotel by an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol.
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The Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.
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Fifty students are arrested during an anti-Vietnam War protest in Martin Place, Sydney.
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Forty five people are arrested during an anti-war protest outside the U.S. consulate in St Kilda Road, Melbourne.
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Australian tennis player Rod Laver wins Men's Singles tennis title in the first Open Wimbledon
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Saddam Hussein becomes Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Iraq after a coup d'état.
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Black militants led by Fred (Ahmed) Evans engage in a fierce gunfight with police in the Glenville Shootout of Cleveland, Ohio. 23-28 July, 1968
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Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to 5 years hard labor, for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
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Thames Television starts transmission in London.
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The Premier of Queensland, Jack Pizzey, dies in office.
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Australian actor Eric Bana is born today.
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The Prague Spring of political liberalization ends, as 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia.
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The Medal of Honor is posthumously awarded to James Anderson, Jr. — he is the first black U.S. Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
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France explodes its first hydrogen bomb.
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Cronulla Sharks halfback wins Dally M award
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The Beatles reach the highest positions in the music charts for 1968 worldwide.
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60 Minutes, a CBS News program which premiered in 1968
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King of Pop: Normie Rowe
Day & Month Unknown , but he won this award for the year of 1968 -
The American fashion and perfume brand Calvin Klein was found in 1968 by Calvin Klein and it is now current owned by Phillips-Van Heusen.
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The biennial Australian Jewellery Design Awards, established in 1968 by the Jewellers Association of Australia, recognise excellence in design and craftsmanship. Entry pieces are made predominantly from Australian precious metals and/or natural gemstones, pearls or opals. Day and Month Uknown, but was in the year of the 1968
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South Sydney Rabbitohs defeat Manly Sea Eagles (13-9) in the NSWRL grand final at the SCG
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The Carlton Blues just beat the Essendon Bombers (56-53) in the VFL grand final
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In 1968 the animated film Yellow Submarine was released. Featuring a cartoon version of the band, the film was created with little involvement by the group who appear only in the closing scene.
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Australian actor Hugh Jackman is born
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The town of Meckering, Western Australia, is badly damaged by an earthquake.
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Minister for the Army Phillip Lynch admits that Australian Army troops may have breached the Geneva Convention by using water torture during the interrogation of a female Viet Cong suspect.
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Rain Lover win Melbourne Cup
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Much loved Australian Retailer 'Cue' first opened their store(s) in 1968
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A referendum is held in Tasmania to allow the granting of Australia's first casino license to the Wrest Point Hotel. The referendum is passed.
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A MacRobertson Miller Viscount plane crashes south of Port Hedland, Western Australia, killing 26 people.
