Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM) in the year 1968.   

Jan 01   Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Cæsar's Palace Fountain on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Netherlands gets color TV on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 the worlds first heart transplant is carried out   

Jan 04   Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks   

Jan 06   On this day in history beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks   

Jan 06   Dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history cN suspends Turbo train service to Toronto after a month of operations because of technical problems related to cold weather   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1968 u.S. postage rates increase today; it now costs six cents to send an ounce of first class mail.   

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

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

Jan 09   On this day in history surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 12   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 13   In the year 1968 beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam   

Jan 13   On this day in history bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later   

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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   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

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   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.