Births on August 24

Tim Salmon

Born on August 24, 1968

Tim Salmon, American baseball player and sportscaster

Timothy James Salmon (born August 24, 1968), nicknamed "King Fish", is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports color commentator. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1992 to 2006 with the California Angels as an outfielder and designated hitter. Salmon was an integral member of the Anaheim Angels team that won the 2002 World Series. He was inducted into the California Angels Hall of Fame in 2015.

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Events on 1968

30 Jan

Tet Offensive
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
31 Jan

Tet Offensive
Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
29 Apr

Counterculture of the 1960s
The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
14 Oct

U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps will send about 24,000 soldiers and Marines back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours of duty in the combat zone there.
20 Oct

Jacqueline Kennedy
Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

Births on August 24

Tim Salmon

Born on August 24, 1968

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Events on 1968

Tet Offensive

Tet Offensive

Counterculture of the 1960s

U.S. Marine Corps

Jacqueline Kennedy