Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM) on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Cæsar's Palace Fountain in the year 1968.  

Jan 01   Netherlands gets color TV in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

Jan 02   On this day in history the birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor  

Jan 02   On this day in history the worlds first heart transplant is carried out  

Jan 04   Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas in the year 1968.  

Jan 04   On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83  

Jan 04   Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million in the year 1968.  

Jan 05   On this day in history dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law  

Jan 05   On this day in history dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia  

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.  

Jan 06   In the year 1968 beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks  

Jan 06   In the year 1968 beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks  

Jan 06   In the year 1968 dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation  

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 in the year 1968.  

Jan 06   Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon in the year 1968.  

Jan 07   In the year 1968 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV  

Jan 07   CN suspends Turbo train service to Toronto after a month of operations because of technical problems related to cold weather in the year 1968.  

Jan 07   In the year 1968 surveyor 7 lands on the Moon  

Jan 07   U.S. postage rates increase today; it now costs six cents to send an ounce of first class mail on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

Jan 09   Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history the U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface.  

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho in the year 1968.  

Jan 11   Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) in the year 1968.  

Jan 12   Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances  

Jan 13   Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam in the year 1968.  

Jan 13   Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later in the year 1968.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)  

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.  

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

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

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 in the year 1968.  

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history 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.