Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   In the year 1968 aBC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)  

Jan 01   In the year 1968 evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Cæsar's Palace Fountain  

Jan 01   In the year 1968 netherlands gets color TV  

Jan 02   Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

Jan 02   The birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   The worlds first heart transplant is carried out in the year 1968.  

Jan 04   On this day in history duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas  

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.  

Jan 04   Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law in the year 1968.  

Jan 05   Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks  

Jan 06   Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks in the year 1968.  

Jan 06   Dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81  

Jan 06   Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon in the year 1968.  

Jan 07   In the year 1968 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV  

Jan 07   CN suspends Turbo train service to Toronto after a month of operations because of technical problems related to cold weather on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1968 surveyor 7 lands on the Moon  

Jan 07   U.S. postage rates increase today; it now costs six cents to send an ounce of first class mail on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV  

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide in the year 1968.  

Jan 09   In the year 1968 surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon  

Jan 09   The U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.  

Jan 10   US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho in the year 1968.  

Jan 11   On this day in history explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)  

Jan 12   On this day in history beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd  

Jan 12   Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV in the year 1968.  

Jan 13   "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances in the year 1968.  

Jan 13   In the year 1968 beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam  

Jan 13   Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later in the year 1968.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)  

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.  

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)  

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.  

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.