Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   In the year 1968 aBC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history netherlands gets color TV   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.   

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

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

Jan 05   Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1968 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 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   On this day in history "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd   

Jan 12   Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV in the year 1968.   

Jan 13   "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

Jan 05   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

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

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

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)