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1967 - Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil.

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1968 - Birth of John Tardy; US heavy metalist (Obituary, Slowly We Rot).

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1968 - Birth of Rob Anderson in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (British Columbia Amateur-1990, 1992).

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1968 - Birth of Sabrina Salerno in Genoa, Italy; Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys).

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1968 - Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27 feet 2.75 inches).

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1968 - British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns.

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1968 - Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri.

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1968 - Life magazine calls Jimi Hendrix the "most spectacular guitarist in the world".

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1968 - The Bureau of the Mint halts buying and selling gold.

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1968 - Uprising in South Yemen.

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