Page 17: Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1968.   

Nov 14   "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning in the year 1968.   

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 in the year 1968.   

Nov 17   Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 in the year 1968.   

Nov 18   Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50   

Nov 21   On this day in history cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt   

Nov 21   Supremes &Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" on this day in history.   

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

Nov 21   In the year 1968 yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage   

Nov 22   Beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album on this day in history.   

Nov 24   In the year 1968 kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 27   Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 28   John Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession in the year 1968.   

Nov 29   On this day in history john and Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66   

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

Dec 02   On this day in history pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor   

Dec 05   In the year 1968 fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

Dec 05   Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP in the year 1968.   

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

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

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

Dec 09   Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford in the year 1968.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

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 in the year 1968.   

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   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)