Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   On this day in history aBC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history netherlands gets color TV  

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1968 leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million  

Jan 05   Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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   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   Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd in the year 1968.  

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

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

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   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

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

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

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

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.  

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

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

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   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73  

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)