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Historical Events In 1968

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Jan 13   In the year 1968 minnesota North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   In Sicily a 6.0 earthquake in several s in western Sicily were destroyed by this strong shock. It toppled houses, hospitals, medieval castles, and churches in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   In the year 1968 robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83 in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   Soyuz 4 & 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   Soyuz 4 & 5 completed first docking of 2 manned spacecraft in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72 in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   The United States and Soviet Union agreed on a draft of a nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   A C-130 Hercules of VR-24 and helicopters from NAF Sigonella delivered food, clothing and medicine to the west coast of Sicily to aid some 40,000 persons made homeless by an earthquake in the region of Montevago on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   On this day in history wKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   On this day in history duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   The comedy television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In premieres on the NBC network on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   Spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   In the year 1968 the North Korean Navy seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, detaining its crew on suspicion of espionage.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   The USS Pueblo was seized in the Sea of Japan by North Korea, which claimed the ship was on a spy mission. The crew was held for 11 months before being released on Dec. 22, 1968 in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City NY on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   On this day in history virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 26   Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 27   "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 perfs on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 29   Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 29   On this day in history nauru adopts constitution  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 30   Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey" on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 30   On this day in history communist forces launch a series of surprise attacks against South Vietnamese targets on the first day of the Tet Offensive.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 30   Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81 in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 30   Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 31   On this day in history bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs India in his last Test for ten years  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 31   Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 31   On this day in history record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, USSR  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 31   In the year 1968 the Island of Mauritius gains independence  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1968

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1968

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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