Historical Events In 1968
Thursday, 08 June 2023
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 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 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired in the year 1968.
Dec 12 In the year 1968 tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65
Dec 13 Playland at Beach reopens in the year 1968.
Dec 13 Playland at the Beach reopens on this day in history.
Dec 13 In the year 1968 siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52
Dec 15 Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86 in the year 1968.
Dec 18 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.
Dec 19 Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 in the year 1968.
Dec 19 On this day in history wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Dec 20 In the year 1968 bax Brod, composer, dies at 84
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) in the year 1968.
Dec 22 Louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73 on this day in history.
Dec 23 82 members of US intelligence ship `Pueblo' released by North Korea in the year 1968.
Dec 23 Borman, Lovell and Anders become first men to orbit Moon in the year 1968.
Dec 23 In the year 1968 first US case of space motion sickness
Dec 24 In the year 1968 apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis
Dec 25 In the year 1968 frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon
Dec 27 Apollo 8 returns to Earth in the year 1968.
Dec 28 In the year 1968 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival
Dec 28 Beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks on this day in history.
Dec 29 On this day in history balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game
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 In the year 1968 first supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144)
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