Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

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

Sep 20   In the year 1968 frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 20   On this day in history mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536   

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

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

Sep 24   Swaziland joins the United Nations in the year 1968.   

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   Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 9 weeks on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   In the year 1968 government seizes oil fields in Peru   

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   In the year 1968 lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 panama revolts   

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

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

Oct 14   In the year 1968 first live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)   

Oct 14   On this day in history 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   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   Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas in the year 1968.   

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

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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   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   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

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   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)