Historical Events In 1968

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

Jan 31   On this day in history viet Cong's Tet offensive begins   

Feb 01   On this day in history famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head   

Feb 01   In the year 1968 former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President   

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

Feb 01   In the year 1968 the government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work   

Feb 01   Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers on this day in history.   

Feb 01   World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1968 springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed   

Feb 04   Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 in the year 1968.   

Feb 05   In the year 1968 kDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting   

Feb 05   In the year 1968 luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80   

Feb 05   Skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1968 dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam   

Feb 06   In the year 1968 former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix   

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

Feb 10   Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France in the year 1968.   

Feb 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history israeli-Jordan border fight   

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history uS sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam   

Feb 14   In the year 1968 pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central   

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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   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

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

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 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   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died on this day in history.