Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album

Nov 05 Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for Presidency

Nov 10 Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight

Nov 21 Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage

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

Nov 22 Beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album

Nov 19 Army coup seizes power in Mali

Nov 29 John and Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK

Nov 21 Supremes &Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"

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

Nov 21 Supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"

Sep 19 A baby was born on Golden Gate Bridge yes the event slowed traffic

Sep 24 "60 Minutes" premiers

Sep 05 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan

Sep 24 Swaziland joins the United Nations.

Sep 17 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon

Sep 20 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536

Sep 15 Launch of Zond 5, the first lunar fly around with Earth reentry.

Sep 30 Supremes release "Love Child"

Sep 06 Swaziland becomes an independent member of the British Commonwealth.

Sep 09 The fir1st US Open, Arthur Ashe wins

Sep 01 Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting

Sep 06 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)

Sep 16 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"

Sep 30 First Boeing 747 rolls out

Sep 28 Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 9 weeks

Sep 28 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr

Sep 26 Hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS

Jun 18 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing

Jun 24 Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion

Jun 24 Resurrection City closed

Jun 08 Gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"

Jun 21 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns

Jun 07 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination

Jun 01 Helen Keller blind & deaf, dies at 87

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