Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   In the year 1968 aBC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)   

Jan 01   Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Cæsar's Palace Fountain in the year 1968.   

Jan 01   In the year 1968 netherlands gets color TV   

Jan 02   Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 02   The birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history the worlds first heart transplant is carried out   

Jan 04   On this day in history duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas   

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

Jan 04   Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   On this day in history dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law   

Jan 05   Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 06   Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   Dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon   

Jan 07   On this day in history "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 cN suspends Turbo train service to Toronto after a month of operations because of technical problems related to cold weather   

Jan 07   Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon on this day in history.   

Jan 07   U.S. postage rates increase today; it now costs six cents to send an ounce of first class mail in the year 1968.   

Jan 08   Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history the U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface.   

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 10   US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho in the year 1968.   

Jan 11   Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV in the year 1968.   

Jan 13   On this day in history "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances   

Jan 13   Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later 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   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

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   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.