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 Cæsar's Palace Fountain on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant   

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   The worlds first heart transplant is carried out in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law   

Jan 05   Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1968 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   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   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   Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 13   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

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   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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 in the year 1968.   

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

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

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.