Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   On this day in history aBC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)   

Jan 01   Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Cæsar's Palace Fountain in the year 1968.   

Jan 01   Netherlands gets color TV on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 02   The birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor on this day in history.   

Jan 02   The worlds first heart transplant is carried out on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.   

Jan 04   On this day in history leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million   

Jan 05   In the year 1968 dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law   

Jan 05   Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

Jan 06   In the year 1968 beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks   

Jan 06   Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 &stays #1 for 8 weeks on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1968 dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon   

Jan 07   "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 cN suspends Turbo train service to Toronto after a month of operations because of technical problems related to cold weather   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 surveyor 7 lands on the Moon   

Jan 07   U.S. postage rates increase today; it now costs six cents to send an ounce of first class mail on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 the U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface.   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history uS Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho   

Jan 11   Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV in the year 1968.   

Jan 13   "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances in the year 1968.   

Jan 13   Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam in the year 1968.   

Jan 13   On this day in history bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later   

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

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   In the year 1968 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   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.