Historical Events In 1968

Sep 19   Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62 in the year 1968.   

Sep 20   Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Sep 20   Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   "60 Minutes" premiers in the year 1968.   

Sep 24   In the year 1968 harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

Sep 24   Swaziland joins the United Nations on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS in the year 1968.   

Sep 28   On this day in history alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history supremes release "Love Child"   

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

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

Oct 11   Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history 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).   

Oct 11   In the year 1968 panama revolts   

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

Oct 12   Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame on this day in history.   

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   First live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   Gruener and Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas on this day in history.   

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

Oct 15   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

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   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   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

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