Page 3: Historical Events In 1968

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

Jan 31   In the year 1968 viet Cong's Tet offensive begins   

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

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

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

Feb 01   In the year 1968 the government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work   

Feb 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed   

Feb 04   Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 in the year 1968.   

Feb 05   KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam   

Feb 06   Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one in the year 1968.   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1968 belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls   

Feb 07   Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1968 j Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56   

Feb 08   In the year 1968 three college students are killed in a clash with the South Carolina highway patrol, during a civil rights protest in Orangeburg.   

Feb 09   In the year 1968 barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77   

Feb 09   Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79   

Feb 11   Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Israeli-Jordan border fight on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Feb 14   In the year 1968 pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central   

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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   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 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   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.