Historical Events In 1968

Jan 31   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Jan 31   In the year 1968 viet Cong's Tet offensive begins  

Feb 01   Famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in the year 1968.  

Feb 01   Former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President on this day in history.  

Feb 01   In the year 1968 lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57  

Feb 01   On this day in history the government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work  

Feb 01   In the year 1968 vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers  

Feb 01   World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi in the year 1968.  

Feb 02   On this day in history springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed  

Feb 04   In the year 1968 ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70  

Feb 05   On this day in history kDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting  

Feb 05   On this day in history luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80  

Feb 05   Skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m in the year 1968.  

Feb 06   10th Winter Olympics games opens in Grenoble, France on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1968 c Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85  

Feb 06   Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one in the year 1968.  

Feb 07   In the year 1968 arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York NY  

Feb 07   Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls in the year 1968.  

Feb 07   Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 in the year 1968.  

Feb 08   On this day in history j Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56  

Feb 08   On this day in history three college students are killed in a clash with the South Carolina highway patrol, during a civil rights protest in Orangeburg.  

Feb 09   In the year 1968 barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77  

Feb 09   On this day in history rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix  

Feb 10   On this day in history "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3  

Feb 10   On this day in history peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France  

Feb 10   In the year 1968 pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79  

Feb 11   On this day in history howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78  

Feb 11   Israeli-Jordan border fight in the year 1968.  

Feb 11   In the year 1968 jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY  

Feb 11   In the year 1968 peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France  

Feb 13   On this day in history ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87  

Feb 13   In the year 1968 uS sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam  

Feb 14   On this day in history pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central  

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor  

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  

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   On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

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)