Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   On this day in history chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62   

Sep 20   Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Sep 20   Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 on this day in history.   

Sep 24   On this day in history "60 Minutes" premiers   

Sep 24   Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   Swaziland joins the United Nations on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 1968 hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS   

Sep 28   Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr in the year 1968.   

Sep 28   In the year 1968 beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 9 weeks   

Sep 28   On this day in history corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64   

Sep 30   On this day in history first Boeing 747 rolls out   

Sep 30   Supremes release "Love Child" on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh   

Oct 01   On this day in history marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies   

Oct 03   In the year 1968 military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru   

Oct 09   Government seizes oil fields in Peru on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed   

Oct 10   On this day in history george Harrison forms Singsong Ltd   

Oct 10   Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86 on this day in history.   

Oct 10   In the year 1968 wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71   

Oct 11   Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours in the year 1968.   

Oct 11   In the year 1968 launch of Apollo 7, the first U.S. 3-man space mission, commanded by CDR Walter Schirra, JR. USN. MAJ Ronnie Cunningham, USMCR served as Lunar Module pilot. The mission lasted 10 days and 20 hours. Recovery was by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS-9).   

Oct 11   Panama revolts in the year 1968.   

Oct 12   19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City in the year 1968.   

Oct 12   On this day in history norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

Oct 13   Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 in the year 1968.   

Oct 13   Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated on this day in history.   

Oct 14   First live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7) in the year 1968.   

Oct 14   In the year 1968 gruener and Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas   

Oct 14   On this day in history in Western Australia a 6.8 earthquake earthquake wrecked the town of Meckering and ruptured all major roads and railways nearby   

Oct 14   J.R. Hines of US runs 100 m in world record 9.95 sec in the year 1968.   

Oct 15   In the year 1968 bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62   

Oct 18   Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

Oct 18   John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession in the year 1968.   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

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   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

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

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

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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