Page 17: Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   On this day in history maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic   

Nov 12   On this day in history kSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting   

Nov 13   Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP in the year 1968.   

Nov 14   "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning in the year 1968.   

Nov 16   On this day in history greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74   

Nov 17   "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 in the year 1968.   

Nov 18   Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 in the year 1968.   

Nov 19   On this day in history army coup seizes power in Mali   

Nov 19   On this day in history mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees   

Nov 20   In the year 1968 cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50   

Nov 21   In the year 1968 cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt   

Nov 21   In the year 1968 supremes &Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"   

Nov 21   Supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" on this day in history.   

Nov 21   On this day in history yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage   

Nov 22   Beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album on this day in history.   

Nov 24   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

Nov 25   In the year 1968 marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93   

Nov 26   Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Nov 27   Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1968.   

Nov 28   Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Nov 28   In the year 1968 john Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession   

Nov 29   On this day in history john and Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK   

Nov 29   The Viet Cong High Command orders an all-out attempt to smash the Phoenix program. Hanoi Radio broadcasted a National Liberation Front directive calling for a new offensive to "utterly destroy" Allied forces in the year 1968.   

Nov 30   In the year 1968 diana Ross and The Supremes hit the #1 spot on the music charts with Love Child. The somewhat controversial tune (for the times) stayed at the top for two weeks   

Dec 01   On this day in history hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66   

Dec 01   On this day in history pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting   

Dec 02   Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor on this day in history.   

Dec 05   In the year 1968 fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

Dec 05   Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP on this day in history.   

Dec 07   In the year 1968 m Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923   

Dec 07   On this day in history orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit   

Dec 07   Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 in the year 1968.   

Dec 09   In the year 1968 doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford   

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

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   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

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

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

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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died in the year 1968.   

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.