Page 17: Historical Events In 1968

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

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   "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   In the year 1968 wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86   

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

Nov 19   In the year 1968 army coup seizes power in Mali   

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 on this day in history.   

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" on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1968.   

Nov 29   On this day in history 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   Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 in the year 1968.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Dec 07   On this day in history m Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.