Historical Events In 1968

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

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

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

Jan 02   Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million  

Jan 05   In the year 1968 dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law  

Jan 05   In the year 1968 dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia  

Jan 05   On this day in history jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon  

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   Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon in the year 1968.  

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   On this day in history jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV  

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   The U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface in the year 1968.  

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73  

Jan 10   In the year 1968 uS Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1968 beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam on this day in history.  

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   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)  

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.  

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

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 in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap 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 on this day in history.