Historical Events In 1968

Jan 01   ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM) in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history netherlands gets color TV   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 the birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor   

Jan 02   On this day in history the worlds first heart transplant is carried out   

Jan 04   In the year 1968 duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1968 leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million   

Jan 05   Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   On this day in history jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

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

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

Jan 06   Dr N E Shumway performs the first US adult cardiac transplant operation in the year 1968.   

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

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

Jan 07   "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 07   Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV in the year 1968.   

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

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

Jan 09   The U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1968 beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd   

Jan 12   Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1968 beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam   

Jan 13   Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later in the year 1968.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

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

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

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

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   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)