Ten other things that happened on April 16, 1968:
- Governor Tom McCall of Oregon announced his intent to enter a contender in the 1968 Angels Camp International Jumping Frog Jubilee
- Workers at Ford Motor Company of Canada plants in Ontario went on strike
- Congress authorized $2 million for emergency land purchases within the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
- State University of New York College at Cortland defeated Adelphi University in lacrosse, 8-4
- Dr. David Hammerman named Chief of Medicine at Montefiore Hospital in New York
- Anna Drittelle, a Russian cellist, gave a recital at Carnegie Hall
- Two American planes shot down over North Vietnam
- Vickie Guerrero, WWE professional wrestling personality, born
- Igor G. Usachev named Soviet ambassador to the Congo
- Academy Award-winning actress Fay Bainter died at the age of 74
Shockingly, Fay Bainter's death was not listed among those found in the April 16 article on Wikipedia. Had I not been browsing through the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database, I might never have known. But don't worry, I have rectified the situation. And speaking of birthdays:
I read that strip at Roasted Peanuts (hat tip: Mike Sterling), a new blog that plans to comment on every Peanuts strip ever published. I learned from that blog that comics.com lets you embed any Peanuts strip, so here's the strip that appeared on the day I was born:
