Historical Events In 1968

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

Nov 12   In the year 1968 kSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting   

Nov 13   Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP on this day in history.   

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

Nov 16   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74   

Nov 19   In the year 1968 army coup seizes power in Mali   

Nov 19   Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees on this day in history.   

Nov 20   Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50 on this day in history.   

Nov 21   On this day in history cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt   

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

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

Nov 21   In the year 1968 yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage   

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

Nov 24   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational in the year 1968.   

Nov 25   Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 27   In the year 1968 gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85   

Nov 28   Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 in the year 1968.   

Nov 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   

Nov 30   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 in the year 1968.   

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

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

Dec 02   On this day in history pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor   

Dec 05   On this day in history fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

Dec 05   On this day in history rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP   

Dec 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823   

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

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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   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   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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.