Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   On this day in history chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62   

Sep 20   In the year 1968 frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

Sep 20   On this day in history mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 28   Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr in the year 1968.   

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

Sep 28   On this day in history corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64   

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

Sep 30   In the year 1968 supremes release "Love Child"   

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

Oct 01   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies in the year 1968.   

Oct 03   Military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71   

Oct 11   Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours in the year 1968.   

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) in the year 1968.   

Oct 11   Panama revolts in the year 1968.   

Oct 12   On this day in history 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   Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated   

Oct 14   On this day in history first live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)   

Oct 14   In the year 1968 gruener and Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas   

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

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

Oct 15   Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1968 circus Circus opens in Las Vegas   

Oct 18   In the year 1968 john Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession   

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

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.   

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   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   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.