Page 3: Historical Events In 1968

Jan 31   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins in the year 1968.   

Feb 01   In the year 1968 famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head   

Feb 01   Former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57   

Feb 01   On this day in history the government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work   

Feb 01   In the year 1968 vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers   

Feb 01   In the year 1968 world trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi   

Feb 02   Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history kDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting   

Feb 05   Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1968 10th Winter Olympics games opens in Grenoble, France   

Feb 06   C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 in the year 1968.   

Feb 06   Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one   

Feb 07   Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York NY in the year 1968.   

Feb 07   On this day in history belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls   

Feb 07   Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 in the year 1968.   

Feb 08   J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history three college students are killed in a clash with the South Carolina highway patrol, during a civil rights protest in Orangeburg.   

Feb 09   Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix   

Feb 10   "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France in the year 1968.   

Feb 10   Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Feb 11   Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 in the year 1968.   

Feb 11   On this day in history israeli-Jordan border fight   

Feb 11   On this day in history jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY   

Feb 11   Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France on this day in history.   

Feb 13   In the year 1968 ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87   

Feb 13   US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central   

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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   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   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 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 in the year 1968.