Historical Events In 1968

Jan 13   Minnesota North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th) on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies  

Jan 15   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 in the year 1968.  

Jan 16   Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83 in the year 1968.  

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

Jan 17   Soyuz 4 & 5 completed first docking of 2 manned spacecraft in the year 1968.  

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   On this day in history 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.  

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

Jan 20   US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming in the year 1968.  

Jan 20   US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood on this day in history.  

Jan 21   On this day in history uS B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland  

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

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

Jan 23   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City NY on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26   On this day in history israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die  

Jan 27   "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 perfs on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies  

Jan 29   In the year 1968 nauru adopts constitution  

Jan 30   In the year 1968 bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"  

Jan 30   In the year 1968 communist forces launch a series of surprise attacks against South Vietnamese targets on the first day of the Tet Offensive.  

Jan 30   Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 31   Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs India in his last Test for ten years on this day in history.  

Jan 31   Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia on this day in history.  

Jan 31   On this day in history record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, USSR  

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

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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 in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83  

Jan 05   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.  

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 on this day in history.  

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