Historical Events In 1968

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nov 17   Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Nov 18   In the year 1968 walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74  

Nov 19   Army coup seizes power in Mali in the year 1968.  

Nov 19   On this day in history mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees  

Nov 20   On this day in history cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50  

Nov 21   Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 21   Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage in the year 1968.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 05   Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 in the year 1968.  

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   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   Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford 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   In the year 1968 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   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)  

Jan 09   On this day in history death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

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.