Historical Events In 1968

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

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 in the year 1968.  

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

Nov 16   Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Nov 17   In the year 1968 "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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 21   On this day in history cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt  

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

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   Beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album on this day in history.  

Nov 24   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational in the year 1968.  

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 in the year 1968.  

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

Nov 28   In the year 1968 enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70  

Nov 28   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1968 fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54  

Dec 05   In the year 1968 rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP  

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   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)  

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

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 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 in the year 1968.  

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

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   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)