Page 18: Historical Events In 1968

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

Dec 11   Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on this day in history.   

Dec 11   The Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years on this day in history.   

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   Playland at Beach reopens on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Playland at the Beach reopens in the year 1968.   

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

Dec 15   Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86 in the year 1968.   

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   WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting in the year 1968.   

Dec 20   In the year 1968 bax Brod, composer, dies at 84   

Dec 21   Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage in the year 1968.   

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   In the year 1968 borman, Lovell and Anders become first men to orbit Moon   

Dec 23   First US case of space motion sickness on this day in history.   

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

Dec 25   On this day in history frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon   

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   On this day in history beatles' "Beatles-The White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks   

Dec 29   On this day in history balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game   

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

Dec 31   Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85 in the year 1968.   

Dec 31   On this day in history first supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144)   

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)   

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

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   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1968 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)