Historical Events In 1968

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

Jan 01   Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Cæsar's Palace Fountain   

Jan 01   Netherlands gets color TV.   

Jan 02   Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant.   

Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor is born   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies.   

Jan 02   The worlds inaugural heart transplant is carried out   

Jan 04   Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 04   Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million.   

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

Jan 05   Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia.   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

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

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

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

Jan 06   Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon   

Jan 07   "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.   

Jan 07   Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon.   

Jan 07   U.S. postage rates increase today; it now costs six cents to send an ounce of inaugural class mail.   

Jan 08   Jacques Cousteau's inaugural undersea special on US network TV   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 09   Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon.   

Jan 09   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.   

Jan 10   US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho   

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

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

Jan 12   Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV.   

Jan 13   "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances.   

Jan 13   Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam   

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

Jan 13   Minnesota North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)   

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Jan 02   Cuba gooding jr: Actor (boyz n the hood, glaadiator, few good men)   

Jan 02   Scott mitchell: Nfl quarterback (detroit lions)   

Jan 02   Anky van grunsven: Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan parke: Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent carlsson: Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   Kerry huffman: Peterborough, nhl defenseman (phila flyers, ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon sturges: Actress (savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas rayam: Cfl offensive linebacker (edmonton eskimos)   

Jan 02   Sanoesi pane: Indonesian writer,    

Jan 04   Joseph pholien: Belgian pm (1950-52) communist fighter,   

Jan 05   Jean murat: Actor (on the riviera),   

Jan 06   Kurt baschwitz: Germ/dutch sociologist/journalist (heksen),   

Jan 07   Prof james smith: South african ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   Kokichi tsuburaya: Japanese marathoner (oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   Basil sydney: Actor (hamlet, simba),    

Jan 11   Isidor isaac rabi: American physicist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1898)