Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic on this day in history.  

Nov 12   KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1968.  

Nov 13   Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP in the year 1968.  

Nov 14   "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning on this day in history.  

Nov 16   On this day in history greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74  

Nov 17   In the year 1968 "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances  

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   Army coup seizes power in Mali in the year 1968.  

Nov 19   Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees on this day in history.  

Nov 20   In the year 1968 cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50  

Nov 21   Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt in the year 1968.  

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

Nov 21   In the year 1968 supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"  

Nov 21   Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album in the year 1968.  

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

Nov 25   Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93 in the year 1968.  

Nov 26   In the year 1968 arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81  

Nov 27   On this day in history gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85  

Nov 28   On this day in history enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70  

Nov 28   In the year 1968 john Lennon is fined �150 for unauthorized drug possession  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66  

Dec 01   Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting in the year 1968.  

Dec 02   Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor on this day in history.  

Dec 05   Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on this day in history.  

Dec 05   Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP in the year 1968.  

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

Dec 07   In the year 1968 orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit  

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

Dec 09   Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford on this day in history.  

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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   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   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.  

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

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

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.  

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died in the year 1968.  

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73  

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