Page 18: Historical Events In 1968

Dec 10   In the year 1968 karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82   

Dec 11   Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on this day in history.   

Dec 11   On this day in history the Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years.   

Dec 12   In the year 1968 rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired   

Dec 12   Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65 in the year 1968.   

Dec 13   Playland at Beach reopens in the year 1968.   

Dec 13   On this day in history playland at the Beach reopens   

Dec 13   Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86   

Dec 18   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Dec 19   On this day in history norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84   

Dec 19   WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting in the year 1968.   

Dec 20   Bax Brod, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Dec 21   Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage on this day in history.   

Dec 21   Launch of Apollo 8 with Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. as Command Module Pilot. During the mission Lovell was one of the first two people to see the far side of the moon. The mission lasted 6 days and 3 hours, and included 10 moon orbits. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Yorktown (CVS-10) on this day in history.   

Dec 22   In the year 1968 louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73   

Dec 23   82 members of US intelligence ship `Pueblo' released by North Korea on this day in history.   

Dec 23   Borman, Lovell and Anders become first men to orbit Moon on this day in history.   

Dec 23   In the year 1968 first US case of space motion sickness   

Dec 24   Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis on this day in history.   

Dec 25   In the year 1968 frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon   

Dec 27   Apollo 8 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

Dec 28   In the year 1968 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival   

Dec 28   On this day in history beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks   

Dec 29   On this day in history balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game   

Dec 30   -48ø F (-44ø C), Mazama & Winthrop, Washington (state record) on this day in history.   

Dec 31   In the year 1968 carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85   

Dec 31   First supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144) in the year 1968.   

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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 in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

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   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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.