Page 15: Historical Events In 1968

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

Sep 20   On this day in history frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

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

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

Sep 24   Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1968 alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1968 corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64   

Sep 30   First Boeing 747 rolls out on this day in history.   

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   Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1968.   

Oct 09   On this day in history pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed   

Oct 10   In the year 1968 george Harrison forms Singsong Ltd   

Oct 10   In the year 1968 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   On this day in history apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours   

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   Panama revolts in the year 1968.   

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

Oct 12   On this day in history norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

Oct 13   In the year 1968 bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62   

Oct 13   Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated in the year 1968.   

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

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

Oct 14   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   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   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

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

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

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   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.