04 April 1968

Thursday

1968-04-04

Events

• US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
• The unmanned Apollo 6 is launched on Saturn V rocket from the Kennedy Space centre.

• 

  Apollo 6 Launch

Top of the Pops

• BBC One 7.30 pm [1]

• Hosts: Alan Freeman & Ed Stewart 

1. (1) The Beatles – Lady Madonna (And Charts)
2. (New) The Herd – I Don’t Want Our Loving To Die
3. (10) John Rowles – If I Only Had Time
4. (15) 1910 Fruitgum Co – Simon Says (Crowd Dancing)
5. (15) The Monkees – Valleri (Video)
6. (New) Dorian Gray – I’ve Got You On My Mind
7. (20) Reparata & The Delrons – Captain Of Your Ship
8. (7) Cilla Black – Step Inside Love (rpt.)
9. (2) Tom Jones – Delilah (rpt.)
10. (1) The Beatles – Lady Madonna (Video)