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 in the year 1968.   

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

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 in the year 1968.   

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

Nov 20   Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50 in the year 1968.   

Nov 21   Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

Nov 22   On this day in history 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   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   Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting in the year 1968.   

Dec 02   Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor on this day in history.   

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   M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 in the year 1968.   

Dec 07   In the year 1968 orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit   

Dec 07   On this day in history richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823   

Dec 09   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

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   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died in the year 1968.   

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

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

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)