Timeline Tuesday 31 December 1968

Events on Tuesday 31 December 1968 13

• 1959 – 1968 Nine-Year Courtship with Sonja Haraldsen Began a relationship with Sonja Haraldsen, a commoner and the daughter of a clothing merchant. King Olav and the government opposed the match for nine years, insisting he marry a woman of royal blood. Harald reportedly told his father he would never marry if he could not marry Sonja.
• 1962 – 1968 Hit Factory with Dionne Warwick With Hal David, wrote a remarkable run of hit songs for Dionne Warwick including Walk on By, I Say a Little Prayer, Do You Know the Way to San Jose and Anyone Who Had a Heart. Fifteen titles reached the American Top 40.
• 1963 – 1968 PhD at UC San Diego Moved to the United States to pursue a PhD in molecular biology at the University of California, San Diego, studying under Masaki Hayashi. Completed his doctorate in 1968.
• 1965 – 1968 Education Graduated from Tulane University with a degree in political science in 1965, then earned a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1968.
• 1966 – 1968 Dallas Music Scene Became a fixture of the Dallas music scene, playing in several bands including the Warlocks and American Blues, where he met bassist Dusty Hill. The two also briefly toured as a fake version of the British band The Zombies.
• 1966 – 1968 University of Birmingham Studied English and drama at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a combined BA in 1968. Decided to concentrate on acting rather than pursue an academic career.
• 1967 – 1968 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Moved to Los Angeles and was hired as the announcer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on CBS, his big break in Hollywood. Appeared in 32 episodes.
• 1968 1968: Graham Hill Lotus Hill won his second title in a season marked by the death of team leader Jim Clark. He stepped up as Lotus's lead driver and delivered in Clark's absence.
• 1968 Hair — London Cast Landed his first professional role in the original London cast of the musical Hair. It was here that he met Richard O'Brien, who would later write the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter specifically for him.
• 1968 Just Because I'm a Woman Released Just Because I'm a Woman, the title song of her first RCA album, challenging the double standard applied to women's sexuality. The song was a feminist statement years before the movement reached the mainstream.
• 1968 Kusama's Self-Obliteration Film Her collaborative experimental film Kusama's Self-Obliteration, showing her painting polka dots on everything around her, won prizes at film festivals in Belgium and the United States. In the same year, she opened a fashion boutique at Bloomingdale's and presided over one of the first gay weddings in New York.
• 1968 Moved to Chicago Moved to Chicago when her husband Edgar got a house musician gig at the London House jazz club. Joined the Free Street Theater as an actress and singer, and appeared in the Chicago premiere of Hair.
• 1968 Robert F. Kennedy Campaign Worked on Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, an experience that sparked his own political ambitions.