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 in the year 1968.   

Dec 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 12   On this day in history tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65   

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

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   In the year 1968 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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

Dec 19   On this day in history wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Dec 20   Bax Brod, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1968.   

Dec 21   Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage on this day in history.   

Dec 21   In the year 1968 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 in the year 1968.   

Dec 23   In the year 1968 first US case of space motion sickness   

Dec 24   Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis on this day in history.   

Dec 25   Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon in the year 1968.   

Dec 27   Apollo 8 returns to Earth in the year 1968.   

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   Balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

Dec 30   -48ø F (-44ø C), Mazama & Winthrop, Washington (state record) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

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   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

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

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

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1968.   

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