Page 17: Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   In the year 1968 maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic   

Nov 12   On this day in history kSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting   

Nov 13   Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP on this day in history.   

Nov 14   In the year 1968 "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning   

Nov 16   Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Nov 17   "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances on this day in history.   

Nov 17   In the year 1968 wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86   

Nov 18   Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Nov 19   On this day in history army coup seizes power in Mali   

Nov 19   In the year 1968 mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees   

Nov 20   Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50 in the year 1968.   

Nov 21   In the year 1968 cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt   

Nov 21   Supremes &Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" in the year 1968.   

Nov 21   On this day in history supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"   

Nov 21   On this day in history yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage   

Nov 22   On this day in history beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album   

Nov 24   In the year 1968 kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational   

Nov 25   In the year 1968 marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93   

Nov 26   Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Nov 27   Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1968.   

Nov 28   In the year 1968 enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70   

Nov 28   John Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession on this day in history.   

Nov 29   On this day in history john and Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK   

Nov 29   In the year 1968 the Viet Cong High Command orders an all-out attempt to smash the Phoenix program. Hanoi Radio broadcasted a National Liberation Front directive calling for a new offensive to "utterly destroy" Allied forces   

Nov 30   In the year 1968 diana Ross and The Supremes hit the #1 spot on the music charts with Love Child. The somewhat controversial tune (for the times) stayed at the top for two weeks   

Dec 01   On this day in history hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66   

Dec 01   On this day in history pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting   

Dec 02   Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor in the year 1968.   

Dec 05   In the year 1968 fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

Dec 05   Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP on this day in history.   

Dec 07   In the year 1968 m Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923   

Dec 07   On this day in history orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit   

Dec 07   In the year 1968 richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823   

Dec 09   On this day in history doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford   

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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   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

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

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

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

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)