Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   In the year 1968 chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62   

Sep 20   Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1968.   

Sep 20   Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 on this day in history.   

Sep 24   "60 Minutes" premiers on this day in history.   

Sep 24   In the year 1968 harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

Sep 24   In the year 1968 swaziland joins the United Nations.   

Sep 26   Hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS in the year 1968.   

Sep 28   On this day in history alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr   

Sep 28   In the year 1968 beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 9 weeks   

Sep 28   In the year 1968 corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64   

Sep 30   First Boeing 747 rolls out on this day in history.   

Sep 30   Supremes release "Love Child" on this day in history.   

Oct 01   In the year 1968 "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh   

Oct 01   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies in the year 1968.   

Oct 03   On this day in history military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru   

Oct 09   Government seizes oil fields in Peru in the year 1968.   

Oct 09   In the year 1968 pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed   

Oct 10   On this day in history george Harrison forms Singsong Ltd   

Oct 10   On this day in history lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86   

Oct 10   Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71 in the year 1968.   

Oct 11   In the year 1968 apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours   

Oct 11   Launch of Apollo 7, the first U.S. 3-man space mission, commanded by CDR Walter Schirra, JR. USN. MAJ Ronnie Cunningham, USMCR served as Lunar Module pilot. The mission lasted 10 days and 20 hours. Recovery was by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS-9) in the year 1968.   

Oct 11   In the year 1968 panama revolts   

Oct 12   On this day in history 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City   

Oct 12   Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62   

Oct 13   Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1968 first live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)   

Oct 14   In the year 1968 gruener and Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas   

Oct 14   In Western Australia a 6.8 earthquake earthquake wrecked the town of Meckering and ruptured all major roads and railways nearby in the year 1968.   

Oct 14   J.R. Hines of US runs 100 m in world record 9.95 sec on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 in the year 1968.   

Oct 18   Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1968 john Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession   

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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   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   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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.   

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)