Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   "60 Minutes" premiers in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   On this day in history harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

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

Sep 26   On this day in history hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS   

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

Sep 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history first Boeing 747 rolls out   

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

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

Oct 01   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies in the year 1968.   

Oct 03   Military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru in the year 1968.   

Oct 09   Government seizes oil fields in Peru in the year 1968.   

Oct 09   Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed in the year 1968.   

Oct 10   In the year 1968 george Harrison forms Singsong Ltd   

Oct 10   Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86 in the year 1968.   

Oct 10   On this day in history wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71   

Oct 11   On this day in history apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours   

Oct 11   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) in the year 1968.   

Oct 11   In the year 1968 panama revolts   

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

Oct 12   Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame in the year 1968.   

Oct 13   In the year 1968 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   First live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7) in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

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

Oct 18   On this day in history circus Circus opens in Las Vegas   

Oct 18   On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession   

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   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   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.