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MLK Jr and RFK in 1968[/caption]
In the year 1968, Viet Cong soldiers attack the U.S. Embassy in Saigon (Jan 31), Martin Luther King Jr. is shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee (Apr 4), The musical Hair officially opens on Broadway (Apr 29), Robert F. Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles (Jun 5) and dies day after, Warsaw Pact troops and tanks invade Czechoslovakia (Aug 20), the 19th Olympic Games begin in Mexico City (Oct 12) - and all these fine people were born:
1968-0101 Davor Suker* Croatian football player - Osijek, Yugoslavia
1968-0102 Cuba Gooding Jr.* actor - The Bronx, NY USA
1968-0105 Nicole Mitchell Murphy* fashion model/ businesswoman - Sacramento, CA USA
1968-0106 John Singleton* film director/ screenwriter/producer - Los Angeles, CA USA
1968-0110
1968-0112 Farrah Forke* actress - Corpus Christi, TX USA (2022/54)
1968-0114 LL Cool J* rapper/actor/author - Bay Shore, NY USA
1968-0115 Chad Lowe* actor/director/ brother of Rob Lowe - Dayton, OH USA
1968-0116 David Chokachi* (b Al-Chokhachy) actor/w Finnish mother - Plymouth, MA USA
1968-0123 Raul Olle* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Tartu, Estonia, Soviet Union
1968-0124 Mary Lou Retton* gymnast/OG/color commentator - Fairmont, WV USA
1968-0126 Eero Aho* actor - Oulu, Finland
1968-0126 Keir Giles* writer/ expert on the Russian military - England
1968-0128
1968-0131 Helena Ahti-Hallberg* dancer/dance teacher/entrepreneur - Helsinki, Finland
1968-0201 Lisa Marie Presley* singer-songwriter/ daughter of Elvis Presley - Memphis, TN USA (2023/54)
1968-0201 Mark Recchi* hockey player/coach - Kamloops, BC Canada
1968-0205 Marcus Grönholm* rally driver - Kauniainen, Finland
1968-0207 Peter Bondra* hockey player/WC (Slovakia) - Lutsk, Ukraine, Soviet Union
1968-0207 Mark Tewksbury* swimmer/OG - Calgary, AB Canada
1968-0208 Gary Coleman* actor/comedian/ writer - Zion, IL USA (2010/42)
1968-0210
1968-0212 Josh Brolin* actor/son of James Brolin - Santa Monica, CA USA
1968-0215 Vivian Schilling* writer/actress/film maker - Wichita, KS USA
1968-0217 Dean Wendt* voice actor (Barney)/host - Elgin, IL USA
1968-0219 Prince Markie Dee* (Mark Morales) rapper/ producer/radio personality - Brooklyn, NY USA (2021/52)
1968-0220
1968-0222 Kim Jung-ju* businessman/ investor/founder of Nexon - Seoul, South Korea (2022/54)
1968-0222 Jeri Ryan* (b Zimmermann) American actress - Munich, West Germany
1968-0227 Mike Sullivan* hockey player/ coach - Marshfield, MA USA
1968-0229 Karen Robinson* British-Canadian actress/to Canada as a teenager - London, England
1968-0301
1968-0302 Daniel Craig* actor - Chester, Cheshire England
1968-0303 Brian Cox* musician (Dare)/physicist - Oldham, England
1968-0303 Brian Leetch* hockey player (NHL 100) - Corpus Christi, TX USA
1968-0309 Brian Heidik* actor/ Survivor S5 Contestant/of Finnish descent - Burtonsville, MD USA
1968-0310
1968-0311 Harri Aho* hockey player/manager/father of Sebastian Aho - Finland
1968-0312 Aaron Eckhart* actor - Cupertino, CA USA
1968-0312 Peter Vesterbacka* videogame developer/entrepreneur (Rovio) - Pori, Finland
1968-0320
1968-0323 Fernando Hierro* football player/manager - Vélez-Málaga, Spain
1968-0330 Celine Dion* singer/ businesswoman - Charlemagne, QC Canada
1968-0331 Kimmo Kinnunen* athlete (javelin/WG) - Äänekoski, Finland
1968-0401 Alexander Stubb* politician/13thP - Helsinki, Finland
1968-0404 Roberto Colciago* racing driver - Saronno, Italy
1968-0404 Steffen Jacobs* novelist/ editor/translator - Düsseldorf, West Germany
1968-0404 Darren Law* Canadian-American racing driver/ - Toronto, ON Canada
1968-0404 Sari Seppälä* (b Virtanen) hairdresser/ radio host/politician - Tampere, Finland (2019/50)
1968-0405
1968-0408 Patricia Arquette* actress - Chicago, IL USA
1968-0408 Jenny Powell* television presenter - Ilford, Essex, England
1968-0409 Janne Ojanen* hockey player/WG - Tampere, Finland
1968-0410
1968-0412 Alicia Coppola* actress - Huntington, Long Island, NY USA
1968-0412 Adam Graves* hockey player - Toronto, ON Canada
1968-0415 Sanna Sillanpää* IT expert /killer - Espoo, Finland
1968-0416 John Gatins* screenwriter/director/actor - Manhattan, NY USA
1968-0418 Jesper Mattsson* football player - Visby, Sweden
1968-0420
1968-0422 Fernando Cayo* actor/director - Valladolid, Spain
1968-0424 Jorge Medina* civil rights activist/politician - Chijchipa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (2022/54)
1968-0424 Yuji Nagata* pro wrestler - Togane, Chiba, Japan
1968-0425
1968-0426 Maarit Feldt-Ranta* (b Feldt) politician - Karjaa, Finland (2019/51)
1968-0426 Oleksandr Oksanchenko* fighter pilot/Myrhorod city councilor - Malomykhailivka, Ukraine, Soviet Union (2022/53)
1968-0427 Saara Cantell* screenwriter/ film director - Finland
1968-0428 Aidan Gillen* actor - Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
1968-0430
1968-0501
1968-0507 Sean “Iota” Habe* singer/ songwriter/actor - Pinjarra, WA Australia
1968-0510 Ville Klinga* sports commentator/ television host - Finland
1968-0511 Jeffrey Donovan* actor - Amesbury, MA USA
1968-0512 Tony Hawk* skateboarder/ entrepreneur - San Diego, CA USA
1968-0515 Toni Korkeakunnas* football player/manager - Helsinki, Finland
1968-0515 Seth Putnam* musician - Newton, MA USA (2011/43)
1968-0519 Kyle Eastwood* jazz musician/actor/ son of Clint Eastwood - Los Angeles, CA USA
1968-0520 Timothy Olyphant* actor - Honolulu, HI USA
1968-0520 Pekka Pouta* meteorologist - Savonlinna, Finland
1968-0523 Laura Wasser* lawyer/ divorce attorney - Los Angeles, CA USA
1968-0524 Louise Anna Turpin* (b Robinette) convicted child abuser - USA
1968-0526 Hannu Kangas* athlete (javelin)/coach - Finland
1968-0528 Kylie Minogue* singer/actress - Melbourne, VIC Australia
1968-0531
1968-0601
1968-0602 Andy Cohen* writer/talk show host (Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen)/producer - St. Louis, MO USA
1968-0602 Navid Negahban* Iranian American actor - Mashhad, Iran
1968-0609 Eddie Marsan* actor - Stepney, London, England
1968-0610 Bill Burr* actor/ musician/stand-up comedian - Canton, MA USA
1968-0613 Peter DeBoer* hockey player/coach - Dunnville, ON Canada
1968-0614 Taylor Wily* (b Teila Tuli) sumo wrestler/part of the UFC 1/actor - Honolulu, HI USA
1968-0618 Tova Magnusson* actress/ comedian/director - Huddinge, Sweden
1968-0620 Sharon Bajer* actress - Edmonton, AB Canada - IMDb
1968-0620 Yuri Bashkatov* swimmer/OSr - Chișinău, Moldavia, Soviet Union
1968-0620 Jon Glaser* actor/ comedian/writer - Southfield, MI USA
1968-0620 Tonya Kinzinger* dancer/ model/actress - Monroe, MI USA
1968-0620 Mateusz Morawiecki* economist/ historian/politician/PM - Wrocław, Poland
1968-0620 Robert Rodriguez* filmmaker/ visual effects supervisor/composer - San Antonio, TX USA
1968-0621
1968-0625
1968-0626 Guðni Th. Jóhannesson* historian/ politician/P - Reykjavik, Iceland
1968-0626 Paolo Maldini* football player/technical director - Milan, Italy
1968-0626 Jovenel Moïse* entrepreneur/politician/P - Trou-du-Nord, Haiti (2021/53)
1968-0627 Stan Saanila* stand-up comedian - Helsinki, Finland
1968-0628 Krista Kilburn-Steveskey* basketball coach - Fayetteville, GA USA
1968-0629 Brian d’Arcy James* actor/ musician/of Irish descent - Saginaw, MI USA
1968-0629 Theoren Fleury* hockey player/OG/public speaker - Oxbow, SK Canada
1968-0630
1968-0701
1968-0702 Ron Goldman* restaurant waiter/friend of Nicole Brown Simpson - Cook County, IL USA (1994/25)
1968-0703 Aku Louhimies* film director - Helsinki, Finland
1968-0703 Teppo Numminen* hockey player/OS - Tampere, Finland
1968-0705 Michael Stuhlbarg* actor - Long Beach, CA USA
1968-0707 Jorja Fox* actress - New York, NY USA
1968-0708 Peter Gardiner* dancer/ singer/actor - Uppsala, Sweden
1968-0
1968-0709 Lars Gyllenhaal* author - Sweden
1968-0720 Jimmy Carson* hockey player - Southfield, MI USA
1968-0721 Samuli Edelmann* actor/singer – Pori, Finland
1968-0724 Ilari Johansson* actor/stand-up comedian - Kuopio, Finland
1968-0724 Troy Kotsur* deaf actor (CODA)/filmmaker - Mesa, AZ USA
1968-0726 Olivia Williams* actress - North London, England
1968-0727 Cliff Curtis* actor - Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
1968-0727 Julian McMahon* Australian-American model/actor/son of a former Prime Minister of Australia - Sydney, NSW Australia
1968-0730 Dave Hakstol* hockey coach - Drayton Valley, AB Canada
1968-0803 Tom Long* Australian actor - Boston, MA USA (2020/51)
1968-0804 Daniel Dae Kim* actor - Busan, South Korea
1968-0804 Marcus Schenkenberg* Dutch model/singer/actor - Stockholm, Sweden
1968-0805 Marine Le Pen* lawyer/ politician/daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen - Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
1968-0806
1968-0809 Gillian Anderson* actress - Chicago, IL USA
1968-0814 Jennifer Flavin Stallone* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA
1968-0817 Helen McCrory* actress/married to Damien Lewis - Paddington, London, England (2021/52)
1968-0817 Anthony E. Zuiker* - writer/TV-producer - Blue Island, IL USA
1968-0823 Tommi Korpela* actor - Helsinki, Finland
1968-0824 Marita Taavitsainen* singer - Kotka, Finland
1968-0828 Billy Boyd* actor - Glasgow, Scotland
1968-0828 Mark Charnock* actor (Emmerdale) - Bolton, Lancashire, England
1968-0830 Vladimir Malakhov* hockey player/3GC - Sverdlovsk, Russia, Soviet Union
1968-0906 Mark Ivanir* Israeli-Russian actor - Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Soviet Union
1968-0911 Jari Isometsä* cross-country skier/OB - Tornio, Finland
1968-0916 Marc Anthony* (b Marco Antonio Muñiz) singer/actor/television producer - New York City, NY USA
1968-0920 Sigurjón Kjartansson* screenwriter/ producer/musician - Reykjavik, Iceland
1968-0920 Norah Vincent* writer (Self-Made Man)/columnist - Detroit, MI USA (2022/53)
1968-0924 Davide Garbolino* voice actor/dubbing director/television presenter - Cirié, Italy
1968-0925 Will Smith* actor/singer - Philadelphia, PA USA
1968-0926 Jim Caviezel* actor - Mount Vernon, WA USA
1968-0928 Mika Häkkinen* racing driver/WC - Vantaa, Finland
1968-0928 Naomi Watts* actress/film producer - Shoreham, Kent, England
1968-0929
1968-0930 Bennet Omalu* neuropathologist/discoverer of CTE - Nnokwa, Nigeria
1968-0930 Hervé_Renard* football player/manager - Aix-les-Bains, France
1968-1001
1968-1002 Jana Novotná* tennis player/coach/commentator - Brno, Czechoslovakia (2017/49)
1968-1002 Joey Slotnick* actor - Chicago, IL USA
1968-1010
1968-1011 Halla Tómasdóttir* businesswoman/ politician/P - Reykjavik, Iceland
1968-1012 Adam Alsing* television and radio presenter - Karlstad, Sweden (2020/51)
1968-1012 Hugh Jackman* actor/singer/producer - Sydney, NSW Australia
1968-1015 Didier Deschamps* football player/coach - Bayonne, France
1968-1018 Lisa Chappell* actress (McLeod’s Daughters)/musician - Auckland, New Zealand
1968-1020
1968-1031
1968-1101 Silvio Fauner* cross-country skier - Pieve di Cadore, Italy
1968-1102 Jaume Balagueró* film director - Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
1968-1104 Krista Bridges* actress - Ontario, Canada
1968-1105 Seth Gilliam* actor - New York, NY USA
1968-1105 Sam Rockwell* actor - Daly City, CA USA
1968-1106 Jerry Yang* 楊致遠 programmer/co-founder of Yahoo - Taipei, Taiwan
1968-1108 Parker Posey* actress - Baltimore, MD USA
1968-1110
1968-1111 Raymond Hecht* athlete/javelin - Gardelegen, East Germany
1968-1118 Owen Wilson* actor/producer/screenwriter - Dallas, TX USA
1968-1120 Pat Kiernan* Canadian-American television host/the morning news anchor of NY1 since 1997 - Calgary, AB Canada
1968-1122 Sidse Babett Knudsen* actress - Copenhagen, Denmark
1968-1124 Todd Beamer* United 93 hero - USA (2001/32)
1968-1130
1968-1201
1968-1203 Brendan Fraser* actor - Indianapolis, IN USA
1968-1206 Oliver Masucci* actor - Stuttgart, West Germany
1968-1208
1968-1210 Barry Urban* British-Australian politician w obscure backgrounds - Ashington, Northumberland, England (2025/56)
1968-1211 Emmanuelle Charpentier* microbiologist/ chemist/N - Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
1968-1214 C.J. Hunter* athlete (shot put)/WG/coach - Washington, D.C. USA (2021/52)
1968-1216 Tom Spurgeon* writer/historian/editor in the field of comics - Muncie, IN USA (2019/50)
1968-1217
1968-1218 Rachel Griffiths* actress/ director - Melbourne, VIC Australia
1968-1218 Casper Van Dien* actor - Milton, FL USA
1068-1220
1968-1226 Tricia Leigh Fisher* actress/singer/ daughter of Eddie Fisher - Burbank, CA USA
1968-1228 Lior Ashkenazi* ליאור אשכנזי actor/comedian/television presenter - Ramat Gan, Israel
1968-1231 Junot Díaz* Dominican-American writer/fiction editor - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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