Page 17: Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   On this day in history maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic   

Nov 12   KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1968.   

Nov 13   Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP in the year 1968.   

Nov 14   In the year 1968 "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   In the year 1968 "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances   

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

Nov 18   On this day in history walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74   

Nov 19   Army coup seizes power in Mali in the year 1968.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 21   Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt in the year 1968.   

Nov 21   In the year 1968 supremes &Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"   

Nov 21   On this day in history supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"   

Nov 21   Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 25   On this day in history marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93   

Nov 26   On this day in history arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81   

Nov 27   On this day in history gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85   

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

Nov 28   On this day in history john Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession   

Nov 29   In the year 1968 john and Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK   

Nov 29   In the year 1968 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   

Nov 30   On this day in history 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   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor in the year 1968.   

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   Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit in the year 1968.   

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

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

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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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

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   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.   

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   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.