Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic in the year 1968.  

Nov 12   KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1968.  

Nov 13   On this day in history bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP  

Nov 14   "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning in the year 1968.  

Nov 16   In the year 1968 greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74  

Nov 17   In the year 1968 "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances  

Nov 17   On this day in history wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86  

Nov 18   Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 in the year 1968.  

Nov 19   Army coup seizes power in Mali on this day in history.  

Nov 19   In the year 1968 mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees  

Nov 20   Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50 on this day in history.  

Nov 21   In the year 1968 cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt  

Nov 21   Supremes &Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" in the year 1968.  

Nov 21   In the year 1968 supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"  

Nov 21   Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage in the year 1968.  

Nov 22   On this day in history beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album  

Nov 24   On this day in history kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational  

Nov 25   On this day in history marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93  

Nov 26   On this day in history arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81  

Nov 27   Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1968.  

Nov 28   In the year 1968 enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70  

Nov 28   In the year 1968 john Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession  

Nov 29   On this day in history john and Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK  

Nov 29   The Viet Cong High Command orders an all-out attempt to smash the Phoenix program. Hanoi Radio broadcasted a National Liberation Front directive calling for a new offensive to "utterly destroy" Allied forces in the year 1968.  

Nov 30   Diana Ross and The Supremes hit the #1 spot on the music charts with Love Child. The somewhat controversial tune (for the times) stayed at the top for two weeks in the year 1968.  

Dec 01   On this day in history hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66  

Dec 01   Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting on this day in history.  

Dec 02   Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor in the year 1968.  

Dec 05   Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on this day in history.  

Dec 05   On this day in history rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP  

Dec 07   M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 on this day in history.  

Dec 07   In the year 1968 orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit  

Dec 07   In the year 1968 richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823  

Dec 09   On this day in history doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford  

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  

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

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81  

Jan 07   In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)  

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

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.