Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM) on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Cæsar's Palace Fountain on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Netherlands gets color TV on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1968 the birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor   

Jan 02   The worlds first heart transplant is carried out on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 04   In the year 1968 leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks   

Jan 06   Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1968 dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   CN suspends Turbo train service to Toronto after a month of operations because of technical problems related to cold weather on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   U.S. postage rates increase today; it now costs six cents to send an ounce of first class mail on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1968 jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV   

Jan 09   On this day in history kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 09   On this day in history surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon   

Jan 09   The U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface in the year 1968.   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1968 uS Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho   

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 in the year 1968.   

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

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

Jan 13   In the year 1968 beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam   

Jan 13   Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later on this day in history.   

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history 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)