Page 18: Historical Events In 1968

Dec 10   In the year 1968 karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82   

Dec 11   In the year 1968 nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

Dec 11   In the year 1968 the Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years.   

Dec 12   Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired in the year 1968.   

Dec 12   Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65 on this day in history.   

Dec 13   In the year 1968 playland at Beach reopens   

Dec 13   Playland at the Beach reopens on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1968.   

Dec 15   On this day in history jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86   

Dec 18   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

Dec 19   Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Dec 19   In the year 1968 wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Dec 20   Bax Brod, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Dec 21   On this day in history apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage   

Dec 21   On this day in history launch of Apollo 8 with Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. as Command Module Pilot. During the mission Lovell was one of the first two people to see the far side of the moon. The mission lasted 6 days and 3 hours, and included 10 moon orbits. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Yorktown (CVS-10).   

Dec 22   Louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73 on this day in history.   

Dec 23   On this day in history 82 members of US intelligence ship `Pueblo' released by North Korea   

Dec 23   Borman, Lovell and Anders become first men to orbit Moon on this day in history.   

Dec 23   On this day in history first US case of space motion sickness   

Dec 24   On this day in history apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis   

Dec 25   Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon on this day in history.   

Dec 27   On this day in history apollo 8 returns to Earth   

Dec 28   100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival on this day in history.   

Dec 28   Beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks in the year 1968.   

Dec 29   In the year 1968 balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game   

Dec 30   In the year 1968 -48ø F (-44ø C), Mazama & Winthrop, Washington (state record)   

Dec 31   On this day in history carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85   

Dec 31   First supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144) in the year 1968.   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.   

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   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.   

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

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.