Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic in the year 1968.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Nov 17   On this day in history wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86   

Nov 18   Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

Nov 21   Supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" on this day in history.   

Nov 21   In the year 1968 yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage   

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

Nov 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85   

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

Nov 28   In the year 1968 john Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession   

Nov 29   John and Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK on this day in history.   

Nov 29   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 in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 07   Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit in the year 1968.   

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   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   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

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

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   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   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

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.