Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

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

Sep 20   On this day in history frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 20   In the year 1968 mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536   

Sep 24   "60 Minutes" premiers in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   Swaziland joins the United Nations on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 1968 hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

Oct 01   On this day in history marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies   

Oct 03   Military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru in the year 1968.   

Oct 09   In the year 1968 government seizes oil fields in Peru   

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   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   On this day in history apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours   

Oct 11   On this day in history 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).   

Oct 11   On this day in history panama revolts   

Oct 12   On this day in history 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   Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 in the year 1968.   

Oct 13   In the year 1968 tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated   

Oct 14   On this day in history first live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 18   John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession in the year 1968.   

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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   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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

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