Page 3: Historical Events In 1968

Jan 31   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins in the year 1968.   

Feb 01   In the year 1968 famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head   

Feb 01   Former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President in the year 1968.   

Feb 01   On this day in history lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57   

Feb 01   The government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work in the year 1968.   

Feb 01   In the year 1968 vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers   

Feb 01   On this day in history world trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi   

Feb 02   Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70   

Feb 05   KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m   

Feb 06   10th Winter Olympics games opens in Grenoble, France on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1968 c Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85   

Feb 06   Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam in the year 1968.   

Feb 06   On this day in history former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one   

Feb 07   Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls in the year 1968.   

Feb 07   Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 in the year 1968.   

Feb 08   On this day in history j Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56   

Feb 08   Three college students are killed in a clash with the South Carolina highway patrol, during a civil rights protest in Orangeburg in the year 1968.   

Feb 09   Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77 in the year 1968.   

Feb 09   Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix on this day in history.   

Feb 10   "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3 in the year 1968.   

Feb 10   On this day in history peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France   

Feb 10   Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79 in the year 1968.   

Feb 11   On this day in history howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78   

Feb 11   Israeli-Jordan border fight in the year 1968.   

Feb 11   In the year 1968 jeffrey Kramer survives 76 meter jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River NY   

Feb 11   Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Feb 13   US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

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