Page 17: Historical Events In 1968

Nov 11   In the year 1968 maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic   

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

Nov 13   On this day in history bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP   

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

Nov 16   Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Nov 19   In the year 1968 army coup seizes power in Mali   

Nov 19   In the year 1968 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   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   On this day in history supremes andTemptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nov 28   On this day in history enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70   

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

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

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   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 in the year 1968.   

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

Dec 05   Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 in the year 1968.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 09   On this day in history doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford   

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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   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   In the year 1968 birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

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

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   In the year 1968 birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.   

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   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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 10   In the year 1968 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)