Page 17: Historical Events In 1968

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

Nov 12   In the year 1968 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   In the year 1968 "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning   

Nov 16   On this day in history greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74   

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

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

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   Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees on this day in history.   

Nov 20   In the year 1968 cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50   

Nov 21   Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt on this day in history.   

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

Nov 24   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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   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   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 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 01   On this day in history pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting   

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

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

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   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1968 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   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   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

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