Page 18: Historical Events In 1968

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

Dec 11   In the year 1968 nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

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   On this day in history playland at Beach reopens   

Dec 13   In the year 1968 playland at the Beach reopens   

Dec 13   Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1968.   

Dec 15   Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Dec 20   Bax Brod, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1968.   

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

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   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   First US case of space motion sickness in the year 1968.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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