Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   In the year 1968 chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62   

Sep 20   Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1968.   

Sep 20   Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 on this day in history.   

Sep 24   "60 Minutes" premiers on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   Swaziland joins the United Nations in the year 1968.   

Sep 26   On this day in history hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS   

Sep 28   Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr on this day in history.   

Sep 28   On this day in history beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 9 weeks   

Sep 28   Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64 in the year 1968.   

Sep 30   On this day in history first Boeing 747 rolls out   

Sep 30   Supremes release "Love Child" in the year 1968.   

Oct 01   "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh in the year 1968.   

Oct 01   In the year 1968 marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies   

Oct 03   Military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Government seizes oil fields in Peru on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed in the year 1968.   

Oct 10   In the year 1968 george Harrison forms Singsong Ltd   

Oct 10   On this day in history lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86   

Oct 10   In the year 1968 wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71   

Oct 11   On this day in history apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours   

Oct 11   Launch of Apollo 7, the first U.S. 3-man space mission, commanded by CDR Walter Schirra, JR. USN. MAJ Ronnie Cunningham, USMCR served as Lunar Module pilot. The mission lasted 10 days and 20 hours. Recovery was by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS-9) on this day in history.   

Oct 11   Panama revolts on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1968 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City   

Oct 12   Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame in the year 1968.   

Oct 13   On this day in history bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62   

Oct 13   Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated on this day in history.   

Oct 14   First live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7) in the year 1968.   

Oct 14   On this day in history gruener and Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas   

Oct 14   In Western Australia a 6.8 earthquake earthquake wrecked the town of Meckering and ruptured all major roads and railways nearby in the year 1968.   

Oct 14   In the year 1968 j.R. Hines of US runs 100 m in world record 9.95 sec   

Oct 15   On this day in history bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62   

Oct 18   Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

Oct 18   John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1968 death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

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 on this day in history.