Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   In the year 1968 chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62   

Sep 20   Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Sep 20   On this day in history mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536   

Sep 24   In the year 1968 "60 Minutes" premiers   

Sep 24   On this day in history harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

Sep 24   Swaziland joins the United Nations on this day in history.   

Sep 26   On this day in history hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS   

Sep 28   Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr on this day in history.   

Sep 28   In the year 1968 beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 9 weeks   

Sep 28   Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Sep 30   First Boeing 747 rolls out on this day in history.   

Sep 30   In the year 1968 supremes release "Love Child"   

Oct 01   "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh in the year 1968.   

Oct 01   On this day in history marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies   

Oct 03   On this day in history military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru   

Oct 09   Government seizes oil fields in Peru in the year 1968.   

Oct 09   On this day in history pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed   

Oct 10   George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd in the year 1968.   

Oct 10   Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86 in the year 1968.   

Oct 10   Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 11   Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours in the year 1968.   

Oct 11   Launch of Apollo 7, the first U.S. 3-man space mission, commanded by CDR Walter Schirra, JR. USN. MAJ Ronnie Cunningham, USMCR served as Lunar Module pilot. The mission lasted 10 days and 20 hours. Recovery was by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS-9) on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history panama revolts   

Oct 12   19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame on this day in history.   

Oct 13   In the year 1968 bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62   

Oct 13   In the year 1968 tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated   

Oct 14   First live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7) in the year 1968.   

Oct 14   Gruener and Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In Western Australia a 6.8 earthquake earthquake wrecked the town of Meckering and ruptured all major roads and railways nearby on this day in history.   

Oct 14   On this day in history j.R. Hines of US runs 100 m in world record 9.95 sec   

Oct 15   On this day in history bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62   

Oct 18   Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

Oct 18   John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

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

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

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

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