Page 17: Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic in the year 1968.   

Nov 12   On this day in history kSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting   

Nov 13   Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP on this day in history.   

Nov 14   On this day in history "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning   

Nov 16   In the year 1968 greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74   

Nov 17   "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances on this day in history.   

Nov 17   In the year 1968 wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86   

Nov 18   In the year 1968 walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74   

Nov 19   Army coup seizes power in Mali on this day in history.   

Nov 19   On this day in history mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees   

Nov 20   Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50 in the year 1968.   

Nov 21   In the year 1968 cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt   

Nov 21   Supremes &Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" in the year 1968.   

Nov 21   Supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" in the year 1968.   

Nov 21   Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage in the year 1968.   

Nov 22   In the year 1968 beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album   

Nov 24   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational in the year 1968.   

Nov 25   Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93 in the year 1968.   

Nov 26   Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81 in the year 1968.   

Nov 27   Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1968.   

Nov 28   Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 in the year 1968.   

Nov 28   In the year 1968 john Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession   

Nov 29   John and Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK on this day in history.   

Nov 29   The Viet Cong High Command orders an all-out attempt to smash the Phoenix program. Hanoi Radio broadcasted a National Liberation Front directive calling for a new offensive to "utterly destroy" Allied forces in the year 1968.   

Nov 30   Diana Ross and The Supremes hit the #1 spot on the music charts with Love Child. The somewhat controversial tune (for the times) stayed at the top for two weeks on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 in the year 1968.   

Dec 01   Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting in the year 1968.   

Dec 02   Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP on this day in history.   

Dec 07   In the year 1968 m Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923   

Dec 07   In the year 1968 orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit   

Dec 07   In the year 1968 richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823   

Dec 09   In the year 1968 doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford   

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1968 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   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)