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July 8, 1968

On July 8, 1968, the Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan. The year's #1 song was "Hey Jude" by The Beatles. Ashley Judd, Mswati III, Julia Morris would arrive in the same year.

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1968

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1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1968th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 968th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1960s decade.

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What happened

On July 8, 1968

  1. 1968 The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.

    Former African-American trade union movement in the United States

    The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) was an organization of African-American workers formed in May 1968 in the Chrysler Corporation's Dodge Main assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan.

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Born on July 8, 1968

Billy Crudup 1968– American actor (born 1968)
Shane Howarth 1968– NZ & Wales international rugby union & league player

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The class of 1968

Others born in 1968

Ashley Judd 1968– American actress
Mswati III 1968– King (Ngwenyama) of Eswatini (Swaziland)
Julia Morris 1968– Australian entertainer
Dana Milbank 1968– American journalist and author
Jack de Gier 1968– Dutch footballer
Karl Wendlinger 1968– Austrian racing driver

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