Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62 in the year 1968.   

Sep 20   Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1968.   

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

Sep 24   In the year 1968 "60 Minutes" premiers   

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

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

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

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   In the year 1968 corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 03   On this day in history military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru   

Oct 09   On this day in history government seizes oil fields in Peru   

Oct 09   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

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

Oct 15   On this day in history bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62   

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

Oct 18   John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on this day in history.   

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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   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

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   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.   

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 in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

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