Page 17: 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history army coup seizes power in Mali   

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   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" 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   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   On this day in history gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85   

Nov 28   Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 in the year 1968.   

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 in the year 1968.   

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   In the year 1968 hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66   

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

Dec 02   On this day in history 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   Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP in the year 1968.   

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   Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

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