Historical Events In 1968

Jan 31   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1968.   

Jan 31   Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President   

Feb 01   On this day in history lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57   

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

Feb 01   Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers in the year 1968.   

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   KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting in the year 1968.   

Feb 05   Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m   

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

Feb 06   On this day in history c Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85   

Feb 06   On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam   

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls   

Feb 07   In the year 1968 nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36   

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

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   Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1968 "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   On this day in history pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79   

Feb 11   Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 in the year 1968.   

Feb 11   On this day in history israeli-Jordan border fight   

Feb 11   Jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY on this day in history.   

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

Feb 13   In the year 1968 ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87   

Feb 13   US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam in the year 1968.   

Feb 14   In the year 1968 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

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   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   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.   

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