Historical Events In 1968

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

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   On this day in history "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning  

Nov 16   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74  

Nov 19   In the year 1968 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational on this day in history.  

Nov 25   On this day in history marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93  

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Nov 30   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 on this day in history.  

Dec 01   Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 in the year 1968.  

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

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   On this day in history rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP  

Dec 07   In the year 1968 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   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 on this day in history.  

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   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   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.  

Jan 05   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79  

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

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73  

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)