Historical Events In 1968

Dec 10   On this day in history karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82  

Dec 11   Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 in the year 1968.  

Dec 11   In the year 1968 the Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years.  

Dec 12   Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired in the year 1968.  

Dec 12   Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65 on this day in history.  

Dec 13   Playland at Beach reopens in the year 1968.  

Dec 13   Playland at the Beach reopens on this day in history.  

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

Dec 15   In the year 1968 jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86  

Dec 18   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1968.  

Dec 19   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.  

Dec 21   In the year 1968 apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage  

Dec 21   On this day in history 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).  

Dec 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 borman, Lovell and Anders become first men to orbit Moon  

Dec 23   First US case of space motion sickness on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1968 apollo 8 returns to Earth  

Dec 28   100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival on this day in history.  

Dec 28   In the year 1968 beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks  

Dec 29   Balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 31   On this day in history first supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144)  

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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   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died in the year 1968.  

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

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