1968
From Harpo's Juke Joint
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General events
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April
- 4 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. For only the second time in the history of the award ceremony, the Academy Awards was postponed until after Dr. King's funeral.
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June
- 5 - Senator Robert Kennedy, brother to former president John F. Kennedy, is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan athte Ambassador Hotel in downtown Los Angeles
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Births
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Deaths
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