Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Sep 20   On this day in history frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 20   In the year 1968 mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536   

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

Sep 24   In the year 1968 harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

Sep 24   In the year 1968 swaziland joins the United Nations.   

Sep 26   Hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS in the year 1968.   

Sep 28   Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 30   First Boeing 747 rolls out in the year 1968.   

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

Oct 01   "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh in the year 1968.   

Oct 01   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 03   On this day in history 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   Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed in the year 1968.   

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   Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 11   Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 12   Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62   

Oct 13   In the year 1968 tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated   

Oct 14   On this day in history first live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)   

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

Oct 14   In Western Australia a 6.8 earthquake earthquake wrecked the town of Meckering and ruptured all major roads and railways nearby in the year 1968.   

Oct 14   J.R. Hines of US runs 100 m in world record 9.95 sec on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 in the year 1968.   

Oct 18   In the year 1968 circus Circus opens in Las Vegas   

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

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.