Historical Events In 1968

May 19 Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard

May 30 University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up

May 19 20th Emmy Awards Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain

May 25 Fire Support Base Balmoral in Vietnam reinforced with Centurion tanks

May 10 Viet Nam peace talks begin in Paris, albeit on a preliminary level

May 24 The Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated

May 19 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain

May 01 Legoland, in Denmark, opens

May 21 USSR performs nuclear test (underground)

May 28 Award of United States Presidential Unit Citation to D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for the Battle of Long Tan

May 04 Dancer's Image disqualified due to drugs after winning 94th Kentucky Derby

May 15 Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host

May 14 Red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin

May 21 Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert

May 16 Battle for Fire Support Base CORAL in Vietnam

May 11 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"

May 25 "Unicorn" by The Irish Rovers hits #7

May 16 Honshu, Japan a7.0 quake killed 47 people, 281 injured, and $131 million property damage was sustained.

Jan 04 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million

Jan 17 Soyuz 4 & 5 completed first docking of 2 manned spacecraft

Jan 23 Spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea

Jan 05 Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law

Jan 22 The comedy television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In premieres on the NBC network.

Jan 31 Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, USSR

Jan 06 Dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation

Jan 26 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die

Jan 04 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million

Jan 01 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)

Jan 23 The North Korean Navy seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, detaining its crew on suspicion of espionage.

Jan 12 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd

Jan 05 Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law

Jan 06 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks

Jan 31 Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs India in his last Test for ten years

Jan 31 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

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

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