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 on this day in history.   

Sep 20   In the year 1968 mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536   

Sep 24   On this day in history "60 Minutes" premiers   

Sep 24   On this day in history harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

Sep 24   In the year 1968 swaziland joins the United Nations.   

Sep 26   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Sep 28   Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 9 weeks in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history supremes release "Love Child"   

Oct 01   "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies   

Oct 03   On this day in history military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru   

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

Oct 09   Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history george Harrison forms Singsong Ltd   

Oct 10   Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86 on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 11   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Oct 12   On this day in history 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City   

Oct 12   In the year 1968 norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

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

Oct 13   In the year 1968 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 Western Australia a 6.8 earthquake earthquake wrecked the town of Meckering and ruptured all major roads and railways nearby on this day in history.   

Oct 14   On this day in history 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 in the year 1968.   

Oct 18   On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession   

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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   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   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 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   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

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

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)