April 1968
Events that took place in Fairfax County in April, 1968:
- April 2 – 58-year-old Lois C. Miniclier is thrown from her car and killed when it overturns on the Capital Beltway near Franconia Road when she swerves to avoid another car. Miniclier us taken to Alexandria Hospital, where she is pronounced dead at 9:06 a.m.[1]
- April 2 – 3-year-old John D. Fox dies in a fire in a hay barn on the family property in Herndon. The fire was set by his 5-year-old brother Charles, who was playing with some matches.[2][3]
- April 2 – 21-year-old Avery L. Hammond is fatally injured when he crashes into a tree in the front yard of 3209 Elmwood Drive in the Burgundy Village neighborhood of Alexandria. Hammond is pulled from the burning car by a passerby and taken to Alexandria Hospital, where he dies about an hour later.[4]
- April 4 – Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Earl C. Funderburk imposes a ban on all field trips to Washington, D.C., because of rioting in the city following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.[5]
- April 6 – The first Roy Rogers Western Roast Beef Sandwich restaurant formally opens at the intersection of Leesburg Pike and South Carlyn Springs Road in the Bailey's Crossroads region of Falls Church.[6]
References
- ↑ "McLean Woman Killed on Beltway" Evening Star, 3 Apr. 1968, Three Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 31. NewsBank. Accessed 26 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Boy, 3, Dies in Fire Set by Brother, 5." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Apr 03 1968. ProQuest. Web. 3 May 2014.
- ↑ "Herndon Boy, 3, Killed in Barn Fire As Roof Collapses." Evening Star, 3 Apr. 1968, Three Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 31. NewsBank. Accessed 26 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Driver Killed As Car Burns After Crash." Evening Star, 3 Apr. 1968, Three Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 31. NewsBank. Accessed 26 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Suburb and State: Fairfax Lifts Ban on Pupil Trips to City." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Apr 24 1968. ProQuest. Web. 18 Jan. 2014.
- ↑ Goodman, S. Oliver. "First Rogers Restaurant." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Apr 04 1968. ProQuest. Web. 24 Jan. 2017.
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