Timeline Monday 1 January 1968

Events on Monday 1 January 1968 12

• 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 – 1971 Frankfurt Opera Signed a contract with the Frankfurt Opera, where she performed for three years while also making debuts at the Vienna State Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Berlin State Opera and the Salzburg Festival.
• 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 – 1972 Olympic Sailing Career Competed in sailing at three consecutive Olympic Games: Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972. He also competed in numerous world championships and was a passionate sailor throughout his life.
• 1968 – 1969 Prague Spring and Aftermath Supported the liberalising reforms of the Prague Spring. After the Soviet-led invasion of 1968, his books were banned and he was stripped of his teaching position.
• 1968 – 1970 Promises, Promises Revival The Broadway musical Promises, Promises, with lyrics by Hal David, ran for over 1,200 performances and earned Bacharach a Tony nomination.
• 1968 – 1970 Promises, Promises on Broadway Composed the score for the Broadway musical Promises, Promises, based on Billy Wilder's The Apartment, which ran for over 1,200 performances.
• 1968 Robert F. Kennedy Campaign Worked on Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, an experience that sparked his own political ambitions.
• 1968 – 1975 Waseda University Studied drama at Waseda University in Tokyo. Participated in student protests of the late 1960s but grew disillusioned with radical politics. In 1971, while still a student, married fellow student Yoko Takahashi, who would become his closest companion, first reader and most trusted critic.