At A Glance

26 October 1968 at a glance

Day of the week
26 October 1968 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Those Were the Days” by Mary Hopkin.
Top Film of 1968
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1968 was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Star sign
The star sign for 26 October is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 26 October 1968 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 26 October 1968 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 26 October

  • 1955 After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
  • 1958 Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
  • 1967 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
  • 1968 Space Race: The Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.
  • 1977 Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.

Famous people born on 26 October

  • Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1973)
  • Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States (born 1947)
  • Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer (born 1945)
  • Raveena Tandon, Indian actress, producer, and former model (born 1972)

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Events of 1968 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1968 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 5 January – Gardeners' World debuts on BBC1 television, featuring Percy Thrower.
  • 1 March – First performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber–Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in its original form as a "pop cantata", by pupils of Colet Court preparatory school in Hammersmith.
  • 12 March – The island of Mauritius achieves independence from the UK.
More events of 1968 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in 1968

Prime Minister

Harold Wilson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

15p

Loaf of Bread

9p

Average House

£4,640

Weekly Wage

£23.00

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