Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   On this day in history chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62   

Sep 20   In the year 1968 frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 20   Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   In the year 1968 "60 Minutes" premiers   

Sep 24   On this day in history harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

Sep 24   Swaziland joins the United Nations in the year 1968.   

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

Sep 28   Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 9 weeks in the year 1968.   

Sep 28   On this day in history corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64   

Sep 30   In the year 1968 first Boeing 747 rolls out   

Sep 30   On this day in history supremes release "Love Child"   

Oct 01   "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh on this day in history.   

Oct 01   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies on this day in history.   

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   George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd on this day in history.   

Oct 10   In the year 1968 lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86   

Oct 10   In the year 1968 wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71   

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   Panama revolts on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1968 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City   

Oct 12   On this day in history norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

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 in the year 1968.   

Oct 14   On this day in history 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 the year 1968 in Western Australia a 6.8 earthquake earthquake wrecked the town of Meckering and ruptured all major roads and railways nearby   

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

Oct 15   Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history circus Circus opens in Las Vegas   

Oct 18   On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1968.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)