Historical Events In 1968

Jan 13   In the year 1968 minnesota North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)  

Jan 15   Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies in the year 1968.  

Jan 15   On this day in history in Sicily a 6.0 earthquake in several s in western Sicily were destroyed by this strong shock. It toppled houses, hospitals, medieval castles, and churches  

Jan 16   Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84 in the year 1968.  

Jan 17   On this day in history julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83  

Jan 17   Soyuz 4 & 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history soyuz 4 & 5 completed first docking of 2 manned spacecraft  

Jan 18   In the year 1968 bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72  

Jan 18   The United States and Soviet Union agreed on a draft of a nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the year 1968.  

Jan 18   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR in the year 1968.  

Jan 19   A C-130 Hercules of VR-24 and helicopters from NAF Sigonella delivered food, clothing and medicine to the west coast of Sicily to aid some 40,000 persons made homeless by an earthquake in the region of Montevago in the year 1968.  

Jan 19   On this day in history wKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting  

Jan 20   On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming  

Jan 20   US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood in the year 1968.  

Jan 21   US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland on this day in history.  

Jan 22   Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jan 22   The comedy television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In premieres on the NBC network on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea on this day in history.  

Jan 23   The North Korean Navy seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, detaining its crew on suspicion of espionage on this day in history.  

Jan 23   In the year 1968 the USS Pueblo was seized in the Sea of Japan by North Korea, which claimed the ship was on a spy mission. The crew was held for 11 months before being released on Dec. 22, 1968.  

Jan 25   Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City NY in the year 1968.  

Jan 25   Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die on this day in history.  

Jan 27   "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 perfs in the year 1968.  

Jan 29   Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies in the year 1968.  

Jan 29   Nauru adopts constitution in the year 1968.  

Jan 30   Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey" in the year 1968.  

Jan 30   Communist forces launch a series of surprise attacks against South Vietnamese targets on the first day of the Tet Offensive on this day in history.  

Jan 30   In the year 1968 tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81  

Jan 30   Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on this day in history.  

Jan 31   On this day in history bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs India in his last Test for ten years  

Jan 31   In the year 1968 nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia  

Jan 31   Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, USSR on this day in history.  

Jan 31   The Island of Mauritius gains independence on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 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   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81  

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1968 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.