Plenty of Nothing

Banner #2 (1968)

Banner #2 (1968) by Doris McCarthy. Source.

Grenoble Olympique

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Earthrise

Henry Moore at the AGO

On this day in 1968 sculptor Henry Moore donated about 900 works of art to the Art Gallery of Ontario, where you can still see them. Source.

At Haneda Airport

Yasunari Kawabata and Mrs Kawabata at Haneda Airport on the way to the Nobel ceremony in Sweden, October 1968. Source.

1968 Tokachi Earthquake

The May 16, 1968 Tokachi Earthquke caused the partial collapse of this building at Hakodate University. Source.

Imperial Hotel 1923-1968

Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Source.

Duchamp/Cage 1968

On this day in 1968 in Toronto Marcel Duchamp and John Cage played a game of chess on a board wired to convert the match into a musical composition. Source.

Hey Bulldog

The Beales recorded and were filmed recording "Hey Bulldog" on this date fifty years ago.

Zabadak

On this day in 1968 "Zabadak" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich reached #1 on the Canadian RPM singles chart. Here they are performing it on the BBC's "Top of the Pops" on Boxing Day 1967. I have absolutely no memory of this song. D