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Born :10/12/1968Adam Rich, NYC, actor (Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy)
Born :01/08/1968Ami Dolenz, actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love)
Born :04/14/1968Anthony Michael Hall, Boston Mass, comedian (SNL, Breakfast Club)
Born :07/23/1968Beth Ehlers, Queens NY, actress (Harley Cooper-Guiding Light)
Born :11/02/1968Brandi Brandt, Santa Clara Calif, playmate (October, 1987)
Born :11/15/1968Brenda Alyce Bassett, Kokomo Indiana, Miss Indiana-America (1991)
Born :01/05/1968Carl Evans, Actor (Guilding Light)
Born :12/29/1968Carlo H L Ponti Jr, son of Carlo Ponti & Sophia Loren
Born :04/29/1968Carnie Wilson, singer (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
Born :07/19/1968Carolie DeVonne Howe, Chugwater Wyoming, Miss Wyoming-America (1991)
Born :09/28/1968Carr‚ Otis, SF Calif, actress (Wild Orchid)
Born :09/--/1968Catya Sassoon, LA Calif, actress (Angelfist, Silencers)
Born :01/15/1968Chad Lowe, Dayton Ohio, actor (Spencer, Apprentice to Murder)
Born :01/21/1968Charlotte Ross, Chicago, actress (Eve-Days of Our Lives)
Born :07/20/1968Chris Kennedy, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
Born :04/18/1968Christian Slater, actor (Tucker, Wizard, Young Guns 2)
Born :03/13/1968Christopher Collett, NYC, actor (Manhattan Project)
Born :02/12/1968Chynna Phillips, LA Calif, singer (Wilson Philips-Hold On)
Born :09/15/1968Danny Nucci, actor (Gabriel Ortega-Falcon Crest)
Born :05/03/1968Deborah Caprioglio, Italy, actress (Paprika)
Born :06/13/1968Deniece Peterson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
Born :06/--/1968Dianne Durham, Gary Indiana, gymnist (National champ 1983)
Born :03/20/1968Eric Viscaal, soccer star (PSV/AA Gent)
Born :01/30/1968Felipe, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne
Born :05/26/1968Frederik, Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark
Born :04/05/1968Gianna Amore, Warwick RI, playmate (August, 1989)
Born :08/18/1968Greta Lind, actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children)
Born :08/14/1968Halle Berry, Cleve Ohio, Miss World USA (1986)/actress (Boomerang)
Born :12/25/1968Helena Christensen, Coopenhagen Denamrk, model (Wicked Game)
Born :11/02/1968Helle Michaelsen, Alborg Denmark, playmate (Aug, 1988)
Born :11/15/1968James Brady, Brooklyn NY, columnist (NY Post)
Born :06/01/1968Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors)
Born :10/01/1968Jay Underwood, actor (Boy Who Could Fly)
Born :07/03/1968Jeff Phillips, Westwood NJ, actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light)
Born :12/28/1968Jennifer Palmquest, Wilmot SD, Miss SD-America (1991)
Born :11/11/1968Jo Kittsee, Germany, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
Born :09/25/1968Johan Friso, prince of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands
Born :07/24/1968John P Navin Jr, Phila, actor (Joey Elliot-Jennifer Slept Here)
Born :09/04/1968John Preston, Utah, actor (Greg-General Hospital)
Born :11/29/1968Jonathan Raleigh Knight, Mass, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
Born :11/25/1968Jory Husain, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Jawaharial-Head of the Class)
Born :10/27/1968Kata Karkkainen, Helsinki Finland, playmate (Dec, 1988)
Born :11/06/1968Kelly Rutherford, Elizabethtown Kentucky, actress (Generations)
Born :12/03/1968Kevin Telles, actor
Born :12/21/1968Khrystyne Haje, Santa Clara, Cal, actress (Simone-Head of the Class)
Born :07/29/1968Kristen Babb-Sprague, Calif, US synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-92)
Born :02/15/1968Kurt Robin McKinney, Louisville Ky, actor (Ned-General Hospital)
Born :09/07/1968Kyle Stevens, NJ, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
Born :05/28/1968Kylie Minogue, Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
Born :12/22/1968Lauralee Bell, actress (Cricket-Young & Restless)
Born :05/06/1968Linnea Marie Fayard, Shrevept La, Miss Louisiana-America (1991-5th)
Born :02/01/1968Lisa Marie Presley Keough, (Elvis' daughter)
Born :10/25/1968Lisa Trusel, Cal, actress (Lizette-Father Murphy, Days of our Lives)
Born :02/20/1968Lorraine Olivia, Geneva Ill, playmate (Nov, 1990)
Born :09/29/1968Luke Goss, rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
Born :07/14/1968Mark Lenz, US, 3m spring diver (Olympic-gold-1992)
Born :07/04/1968Mark Lenzl, Huntsville Ala, US diver (Olympic-92)
Born :05/01/1968Mark Scott, Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
Born :01/24/1968Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont WV, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
Born :09/29/1968Matt Goss, rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
Born :04/17/1968Maurits, Prince of Netherlands
Born :11/02/1968Melissa Evridge, Lexington Ky, playmate (Aug, 1990)
Born :02/15/1968Michael Easton, actor (Tanner-Days of Our Lives)
Born :12/09/1968Michael Foster, Richmond Va, drummer (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
Born :02/18/1968Molly Ringwald, Roseville Calif, actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink)
Born :10/05/1968Omar Berlo, jockey
Born :11/08/1968Parker Posey, Balt Md, actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns)
Born :06/16/1968Patrick Stuart, Hollywood Cal, actor (Will Cortlandt-All My Children)
Born :03/04/1968Patsy Kensit, London, rocker/actress (Lethal Weapon 2, 21, Hanover St)
Born :08/22/1968Paul Ereng, Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
Born :06/22/1968Paula Irvine, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara)
Born :05/16/1968Ralph Tresvant, singer (New Editon)
Born :12/02/1968Rena Sofer, actress (Rocky-Loving)
Born :12/02/1968Rene‚ Tenison, Caldwell Id, playmate of the year (Nov, 1989)
Born :09/21/1968Ricki Lake, actress (Hairspray)
Born :04/17/1968Ritchie Woodhall, boxer
Born :03/15/1968Sabrina [Salerno], Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys)
Born :03/21/1968Samantha Leah Dorman, Lakeland Fla, playmate (Sept, 1991)
Born :08/28/1968Scarlet Annette Morgan, Pfafftown NC, Miss NC-America-1991
Born :04/03/1968Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
Born :01/11/1968Sharon Brown, NYC, actress (Chantal-Generations)
Born :08/01/1968Stacey Augmon, Pasadena Cal, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
Born :06/04/1968Stacy Leigh Arthur, Naperville Ill, playmate (Jan, 1991)
Born :07/23/1968Stephane Seymour, model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover-1988)
Born :08/--/1968Stephanie Seymor, San Diego Calif, model (Sports Ill 1988)
Born :04/23/1968Susan Emily Savastano, E Providence RI, Miss RI-America (1991)
Born :11/16/1968Suzi Simpson, Playboy playmate (Jan, 1992)
Born :09/17/1968Suzy Cote, Santa Barbara Calif, actress (Samantha-Guiding Light)
Born :12/12/1968Tatianna, Phila Pa, spanish singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy)
Born :02/21/1968Todd Ferich, computer language expert
Born :05/15/1968Todd Porter, NJ, actor (Hamilton-Whiz Kids)
Born :05/07/1968Traci Lords, [Nora L Kuzma], Steubenville Oh, porn actress (Cry Baby)
Born :10/31/1968Vanilla Ice, [Robert Van Winkle], rapper (Ice Ice Baby)
Born :04/22/1968Vernell Coles, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
Born :02/21/1968Wendy James, West London England, singer (Revolution Baby)
Born :11/11/1968Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
Born :06/14/1968Yasmine Bleeth, actress (Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live)




Died :07/09/1968Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53
Died :02/21/1968Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies
Died :07/27/1968Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies
Died :10/15/1968Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62
Died :05/24/1968Bernard Rogers, composer, dies
Died :01/13/1968Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars) checked into the boards & killed
Died :12/31/1968Carl Oscar Ahues, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 84
Died :03/20/1968Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies
Died :11/20/1968Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies at 50
Died :05/25/1968Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63
Died :11/06/1968Charles Mnch, French/US conductor (Boston Symphony Orch), dies at 77
Died :07/28/1968Charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies at 70
Died :09/19/1968Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
Died :10/30/1968Conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78
Died :08/18/1968Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
Died :06/07/1968Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies at 60
Died :08/31/1968Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies at 60
Died :07/23/1968Don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets)
Died :05/02/1968Donald L Hall, US flyer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69
Died :06/04/1968Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies
Died :01/22/1968Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20), dies at 77
Died :08/20/1968Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69
Died :02/23/1968Edna Ferber, US author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80
Died :04/16/1968Edna Ferber, author (American Beauty), dies at 78
Died :03/23/1968Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49
Died :10/20/1968Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84
Died :11/28/1968Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70
Died :08/06/1968Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies
Died :02/23/1968Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
Died :04/16/1968Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76
Died :09/18/1968Franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies
Died :07/02/1968Francis Brennan, US cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74
Died :04/30/1968Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
Died :02/28/1968Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25
Died :06/06/1968Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies
Died :02/09/1968Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78
Died :03/01/1968Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78
Died :05/25/1968George KFW von Kchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 86
Died :08/31/1968George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies
Died :11/10/1968Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54
Died :05/09/1968Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74
Died :06/01/1968Helen Keller, blind & deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87
Died :07/23/1968Henry Hallett Dale, physiologist, dies
Died :02/11/1968Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
Died :01/10/1968Howard Smith, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel), dies at 74
Died :05/14/1968Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
Died :02/08/1968J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies
Died :10/25/1968Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies
Died :12/15/1968Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86
Died :04/07/1968Jim Clark, of Scotland, former world driving champ, dies in race car
Died :08/25/1968John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70
Died :08/28/1968John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
Died :07/09/1968John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62
Died :12/20/1968John Steinbeck, author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel 1962), dies in NY at 66
Died :07/20/1968Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies
Died :03/06/1968Joseph Martin Jr, Speaker of the House, dies at 83
Died :01/04/1968Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83
Died :02/28/1968Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66
Died :01/17/1968Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies
Died :03/16/1968June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
Died :12/10/1968Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies
Died :02/01/1968Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US & Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
Died :01/18/1968Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 69
Died :04/01/1968Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies
Died :07/26/1968Lilian Harvey, British actress, dies
Died :08/11/1968Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies
Died :05/07/1968Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
Died :10/01/1968Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nu descendant un escalier), dies
Died :10/02/1968Marcel Duchamp, [Henri-Pierre Roche], surrealist painter, dies
Died :05/09/1968Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
Died :04/04/1968Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in Memphis (Dream continues)
Died :05/23/1968Merle Kendrick, orch leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
Died :02/05/1968Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36
Died :08/28/1968Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58
Died :12/19/1968Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84
Died :02/22/1968Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71
Died :07/28/1968Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89
Died :11/04/1968Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78
Died :10/30/1968Pert Kelton, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61
Died :11/25/1968Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89
Died :08/27/1968Princess Marina, Dutchess of Kent, dies
Died :02/19/1968Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65
Died :10/31/1968Ramon Novarro, [Jos‚ RG Samaniegos], actor (Ben Hur), dies
Died :09/19/1968Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58
Died :09/24/1968Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
Died :06/06/1968Robert F Kennedy, (Sen-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan
Died :01/16/1968Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
Died :07/21/1968Ruth St Denis, US choreography, dies at about 90
Died :06/14/1968Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies
Died :06/15/1968Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88
Died :01/02/1968Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies
Died :02/18/1968Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas ”ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79
Died :02/07/1968Stuart Foster, singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49
Died :12/12/1968Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies at 66
Died :12/10/1968Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53
Died :04/21/1968Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
Died :04/19/1968Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61
Died :01/30/1968Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies
Died :11/25/1968Upton B Sinclair, US author (Jungle), dies
Died :07/09/1968Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Passion Spider), dies
Died :11/18/1968Walter Wanger, US producer, dies at 74
Died :11/08/1968Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54
Died :06/15/1968West Montgomery, jazz guitarist dies of a heart attack at 48
Died :07/14/1968Westbrook Van Voorhis, announcer (March of Time), dies at 64
Died :11/07/1968Willem A Wagenaar, journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies
Died :08/27/1968William E B Dubois, US founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies
Died :08/30/1968William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53
Died :03/27/1968Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, die in plane crash




Special :09/24/1968"60 Minutes" premiers
Special :09/15/1968"Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
Special :01/10/1968"Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
Special :10/01/1968"Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh
Special :07/15/1968"One Life to Live" premieres on TV
Special :01/22/1968"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiers on NBC
Special :09/24/1968"That's Life" premiers-A Broadway musical type TV show
Special :01/07/1968"The GE College Bowl" quiz show premiers on NBC TV
Special :05/15/1968"Wonderwall" with George Harrison premiers at Cannes Film Festival
Special :12/30/1968-48øF (-44øC), Mazama & Winthrop, Washington (state record)
Special :08/28/19681 day marriage of character Murphy Brown
Special :12/28/1968100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival
Special :08/04/1968100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif
Special :02/06/196810th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France
Special :04/28/196811 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
Special :08/31/196812,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran
Special :06/05/196812:16AM PST-Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day
Special :07/09/196815.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)
Special :04/18/1968178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike
Special :10/12/196819th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City
Special :04/18/19681st ABA basketball championship began
Special :11/05/19681st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain
Special :04/19/19681st American since 1957 wins 72nd Boston Marathon
Special :09/30/19681st Boeing 747 rolls out
Special :10/02/19681st London performance of "Promises Promises" presented
Special :09/09/19681st US Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)
Special :12/23/19681st US case of space motion sickness
Special :01/07/19681st class postage raised from 5› to 6›
Special :11/15/19681st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
Special :04/23/19681st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 pence)
Special :10/14/19681st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)
Special :08/22/19681st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
Special :02/29/19681st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)
Special :08/30/19681st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
Special :12/31/19681st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144)
Special :09/05/196821 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan
Special :04/30/19683 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game
Special :02/25/1968430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea
Special :06/19/196850,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign
Special :03/08/19686 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Md)
Special :08/20/1968650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
Special :05/27/19686th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-3
Special :12/23/196882 members of US intelligence ship `Pueblo' released by North Korea
Special :04/06/196894.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
Special :05/15/1968A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
Special :04/17/1968A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Balt Orioles
Special :01/01/1968ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
Special :05/28/1968AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
Special :08/21/1968After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
Special :09/28/1968Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr
Special :02/15/1968Anaheim's Les Salvage scores 10, 3-pt baskets in ABA game vs Denver
Special :03/11/1968Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting
Special :01/22/1968Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
Special :04/04/1968Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
Special :10/11/1968Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
Special :10/22/1968Apollo 7 returns to Earth
Special :12/21/1968Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
Special :12/24/1968Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis
Special :12/27/1968Apollo 8 returns to Earth
Special :11/19/1968Army coup seizes power in Mali
Special :12/12/1968Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
Special :08/25/1968Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win US singles championship
Special :09/28/1968Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship
Special :09/19/1968Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!)
Special :12/29/1968Balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game
Special :04/27/1968Balt Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0
Special :02/21/1968Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
Special :12/06/1968Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years
Special :05/06/1968Battle between students & troops in Paris, 1000 injured
Special :07/17/1968Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premiers in London
Special :01/12/1968Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
Special :05/30/1968Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles"
Special :07/31/1968Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free
Special :04/02/1968Beatles form Python Music Ltd
Special :08/11/1968Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
Special :05/23/1968Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
Special :11/22/1968Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album
Special :03/13/1968Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK
Special :12/28/1968Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
Special :09/28/1968Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
Special :01/06/1968Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
Special :07/30/1968Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away
Special :01/13/1968Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam
Special :06/08/1968Bermuda adopts its constitution
Special :07/06/1968Billie Jean King wins Wimbledon
Special :10/11/1968Billy Martin named manager of Twins
Special :10/18/1968Bob Beamon of USA sets long jump record (29'2«") in Mexico City
Special :03/15/1968Bob Beamon, sets long jump record of 27' 2 3/4"
Special :10/02/1968Bob Gibson sets a world series record of 17 strikeouts
Special :06/25/1968Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
Special :12/23/1968Borman, Lovell & Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon
Special :05/02/1968Boston beats Los Angeles, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship
Special :02/04/1968Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
Special :07/14/1968Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick
Special :02/18/1968British adopt year-round daylight savings time
Special :06/24/1968Canadian Sandra Post becomes 1st non-US & 1st rookie LPGA winner
Special :09/27/1968Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year
Special :01/01/1968Cesco & A Samuel discovers asteroid #1917 Cuyo
Special :04/02/1968Chad creates Union of Central African States
Special :09/03/1968Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
Special :10/25/1968Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler
Special :09/28/1968Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes
Special :09/29/1968Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
Special :07/29/1968Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1
Special :10/18/1968Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas
Special :02/26/1968Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission
Special :07/03/1968Cleve Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minn Twins
Special :11/08/1968Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John
Special :08/22/1968Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry
Special :05/04/1968Dancer's Image wins 94th Kentucky Derby, but disqualified for drugs
Special :06/28/1968Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
Special :02/18/1968David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
Special :06/24/1968Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion
Special :08/21/1968Democratic Convention opens in Chicago
Special :08/29/1968Democratics nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president (Chicago)
Special :10/10/1968Detroit Tigers beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 65th World Series
Special :09/14/1968Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season
Special :02/24/1968Discovery of first pulsar announced
Special :06/08/1968Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning
Special :06/04/1968Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings
Special :01/05/1968Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
Special :01/06/1968Dr N E Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
Special :05/16/1968Earthquake kills 47 in Japan
Special :10/12/1968Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain
Special :05/17/1968European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite
Special :01/01/1968Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump C‘sar's Palace Fountain
Special :01/11/1968Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
Special :03/08/1968Fillmore East opens
Special :02/06/1968Former Pres Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one
Special :08/24/1968France became world's 5th thermonuclear power
Special :12/25/1968Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon
Special :05/19/1968Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
Special :07/23/1968Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt
Special :10/19/1968G Soulie discovers asteroid #1918 Aiguillon
Special :06/08/1968Gary Puckett & Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"
Special :02/24/1968Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games
Special :09/17/1968Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0
Special :10/10/1968George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd
Special :04/09/1968German DR adopts constitution
Special :05/02/1968Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
Special :10/19/1968Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars
Special :10/09/1968Government seizes oil fields in Peru
Special :03/09/1968Grammy Awards-Sgt Pepper's wins 4 awards
Special :10/14/1968Gruener & Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas
Special :04/06/1968Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)
Special :07/25/1968H Wroblewski discovers asteroid #1993 Guacolda
Special :05/24/1968Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
Special :09/26/1968Hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS
Special :11/17/1968Heidi bowl-NBC misses Oakland's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
Special :04/06/1968HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
Special :05/03/1968Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica Intl
Special :07/14/1968Houston Astro Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Reds 6-1
Special :04/15/1968Houston Astros beat NY Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings
Special :01/20/1968Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
Special :03/19/1968Howard University students seize administration building
Special :09/22/1968Iraq adopts constitution
Special :05/02/1968Israelli television begins transmitting
Special :06/26/1968Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
Special :10/14/1968J.R. Hines of US runs 100 m in world record 9.95 sec
Special :04/05/1968Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens
Special :10/20/1968Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis
Special :01/08/1968Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on US network TV
Special :06/08/1968James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, captured
Special :03/27/1968Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in SF
Special :03/22/1968Jarmila Novotna becomes president of Czechoslovakia
Special :03/03/1968Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts
Special :02/11/1968Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Wash Bridge, Hudson River NY
Special :05/08/1968Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
Special :06/20/1968Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds
Special :06/24/1968Jim Northrup hits 2 grand-slammers to help Tigers beat Cleve 14-3
Special :04/27/1968Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title
Special :02/24/1968Jocelyn Bell discovers 1st pulsar
Special :06/24/1968Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title
Special :03/04/1968Joe Frazier defeats Buster Mathis for heavyweight boxing championship
Special :11/29/1968John & Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK
Special :10/18/1968John Lennon & Yoko One fined œ150 for marijuana possession
Special :11/11/1968John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album
Special :06/15/1968John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral
Special :11/28/1968John Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession
Special :07/05/1968John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
Special :07/01/1968John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here)
Special :07/21/1968Julius Boros wins PGA golf tournament
Special :01/02/1968KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :06/10/1968KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :01/15/1968KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :02/05/1968KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :12/11/1968KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
Special :04/01/1968KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
Special :02/06/1968KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :12/16/1968KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI begins broadcasting
Special :11/17/1968KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/16/1968KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins
Special :03/25/1968KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :10/26/1968KMIR TV channel 36 in Palm Springs, CA (NBC) begins broadcastng
Special :09/22/1968KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
Special :10/05/1968KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, CA (ABC) begins
Special :06/17/1968KQEC TV channel 32 in San Francisco, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :12/09/1968KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :11/12/1968KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :12/28/1968KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
Special :10/23/1968Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec)
Special :02/25/1968L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2279 Barto
Special :02/06/1968L Chernykh discovers asteroids #1772 Gagarin & #1890 Konoshenkova
Special :03/31/1968LBJ announces he will not seek re-election
Special :09/15/1968Launch of Zond 5, 1st lunar fly-around with Earth reentry
Special :11/10/1968Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight
Special :10/10/1968Lee Evans of US sets 400 meter record at 43.86
Special :10/18/1968Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash
Special :06/16/1968Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's US open under par
Special :04/24/1968Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC
Special :01/04/1968Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million
Special :10/31/1968Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently
Special :04/18/1968London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
Special :10/25/1968Longest Oly field hockey game, Hol beats Spain 1-0 in 2h25m (6 OT)
Special :03/22/1968Lynda Johnson ordered off SF cable car for eating an ice cream cone
Special :12/07/1968M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923
Special :02/11/1968Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens
Special :11/11/1968Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic
Special :09/28/1968Marisa Danisi of W Germany roller skates record 21.995 miles in 1 hr
Special :03/04/1968Martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign
Special :04/09/1968Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta
Special :03/12/1968Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Special :03/16/1968Mi-Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
Special :10/24/1968Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail
Special :05/24/1968Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession
Special :09/20/1968Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
Special :10/03/1968Military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru
Special :11/18/1968Milt coup in Mali, pres Keita ousted
Special :10/31/1968Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game)
Special :01/13/1968Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton is fatally injured
Special :09/09/1968Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7)
Special :04/09/1968Minn's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
Special :05/11/1968Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues for Stanley Cup
Special :10/07/1968Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
Special :07/29/1968Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption
Special :04/03/1968N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks
Special :03/01/1968NBC's unprecident on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
Special :07/15/1968NJ Americans moved to Comack & become NY Nets (ABA)
Special :05/27/1968NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises
Special :07/09/1968NL beats AL 1-0 in 1st indoor All Star Game (Houston Astrodome)
Special :05/28/1968NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
Special :11/03/1968NY Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21
Special :12/29/1968NY Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game
Special :12/31/1968NY Jets win AFL championship
Special :09/24/1968NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack
Special :02/17/1968Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Mass, opens
Special :01/31/1968Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia
Special :01/29/1968Nauru adopts constitution
Special :06/08/1968New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted
Special :04/08/1968New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
Special :01/12/1968Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premiers on NBC TV
Special :11/05/1968Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for presidency
Special :11/06/1968Nixon elected 37th pres of US, defeating Hubert Humphrey
Special :10/30/1968Nobel prize awarded to Luis Alvarez (bubble chamber)
Special :10/30/1968Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Lars Onsager (thermodynamics)
Special :10/12/1968Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
Special :05/27/1968Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost
Special :02/08/1968Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in SC State (Orangeburg)
Special :12/07/1968Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit
Special :03/04/1968Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched
Special :09/28/1968P Wild discovers asteroid #2517
Special :07/23/1968PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane
Special :10/11/1968Panama revolts
Special :05/10/1968Paris peace talks begin
Special :05/21/1968Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert
Special :02/11/1968Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
Special :04/20/1968Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM
Special :03/01/1968Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting
Special :05/19/1968Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard
Special :08/15/1968Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting
Special :02/28/1968Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air
Special :09/01/1968Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlandsd) begins transmitting
Special :12/01/1968Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting
Special :03/31/1968Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting
Special :05/04/1968Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers in 1st ABA championship, 4 games to 2
Special :12/13/1968Playland at Beach reopens
Special :08/28/1968Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven
Special :10/18/1968Police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in John & Yoko's apt
Special :06/03/1968Poor Peoples March on Washington
Special :07/25/1968Pope Paul VI encyclical On regulation of birth
Special :07/29/1968Pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control
Special :04/11/1968Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
Special :03/20/1968Pres Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money
Special :10/31/1968President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam
Special :05/08/1968Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
Special :07/27/1968Race Riot in Gary Indiana
Special :07/23/1968Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed
Special :08/08/1968Race riot in Miami Florida
Special :08/21/1968Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion
Special :04/09/1968Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
Special :09/18/1968Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0
Special :01/31/1968Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, USSR
Special :10/02/1968Republic Guinea forms (day of republic)
Special :06/24/1968Resurrection City closed
Special :06/24/1968Resurrection City in Wash DC closed permanently
Special :03/23/1968Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC
Special :07/17/1968Revolt in Iraq
Special :12/07/1968Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823
Special :05/11/1968Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
Special :09/16/1968Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"
Special :08/23/1968Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily
Special :01/25/1968Risse St in the Bronx named
Special :03/16/1968Robert F Kennedy announces presidential campaign
Special :04/14/1968Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card
Special :07/07/1968Rock group "Yardbirds" disband
Special :02/22/1968Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun"
Special :12/12/1968Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired
Special :12/05/1968Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP
Special :06/08/1968Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Special :05/25/1968Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
Special :11/11/1968Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England
Special :04/18/1968SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished
Special :04/02/1968Senator E Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin
Special :05/28/1968Senator Eugene Mccarthy wins Democrat primary in Oregon
Special :06/01/1968Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1
Special :06/07/1968Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
Special :07/15/1968Soap opera "One Life To Live" premiers
Special :10/26/1968Soyuz 3 launched
Special :01/17/1968Soyuz 4 & 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft
Special :01/14/1968Soyuz 4 launched
Special :05/06/1968Spain closes border to Gibralter except to Spaniards
Special :01/23/1968Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea
Special :09/26/1968St Louis Cards' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA
Special :02/20/1968State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M
Special :11/06/1968Students of SF State Counsel go on strike
Special :04/26/1968Students seize administration building at Ohio State
Special :03/29/1968Students seize building at Bowie State College
Special :03/27/1968Suharto succeeds Sukarno as president of Indonesia
Special :01/14/1968Super Bowl II-Green Bay Packers-33, Oakland Raiders-14
Special :06/21/1968Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns
Special :06/18/1968Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
Special :11/21/1968Supremes & Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
Special :09/30/1968Supremes release "Love Child"
Special :01/06/1968Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon
Special :01/07/1968Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon
Special :01/09/1968Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon
Special :09/06/1968Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Special :02/28/1968T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1793 Zoya
Special :04/28/1968T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya
Special :03/28/1968T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3049
Special :09/22/1968Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions
Special :03/23/1968UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
Special :04/05/1968US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled
Special :01/21/1968US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland
Special :03/15/1968US Mint stops buying & selling gold
Special :12/11/1968US Soccer Football Assoc refuses to let NASL disband
Special :01/10/1968US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho
Special :03/05/1968US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun
Special :11/01/1968US pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team
Special :05/21/1968US sub Scorpion sinks off Azores, with all 99 crew lost
Special :02/24/1968US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam
Special :04/26/1968US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device
Special :07/01/1968US, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Special :03/02/1968USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit
Special :09/14/1968USSR's Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight
Special :04/23/1968United Methodist Church forms
Special :05/30/1968University church in Leipzig German DR, blown up
Special :03/01/1968Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect
Special :01/31/1968Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins
Special :09/08/1968Virginia Wade wins US Open tennis tournament
Special :12/24/1968WAGT TV channel 26 in Augusta, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :12/24/1968WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :06/02/1968WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, KY (ABC) 1st broadcast
Special :12/19/1968WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :05/21/1968WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/09/1968WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :04/11/1968WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/14/1968WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :06/10/1968WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast
Special :09/23/1968WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :01/19/1968WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :09/23/1968WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :06/06/1968WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :12/06/1968WKID (now WSCV) TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
Special :09/23/1968WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/23/1968WKMA TV channel 35 in Madisonville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/23/1968WKMR TV channel 38 in Morehead, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :10/09/1968WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/23/1968WKON TV channel 52 in Owenton, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :04/08/1968WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/23/1968WKSO TV channel 29 in Somerset, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/23/1968WKZT TV channel 23 in Elizabethtown, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/07/1968WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :08/05/1968WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
Special :11/04/1968WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special :05/12/1968WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :07/14/1968WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :11/04/1968WTOG TV channel 44 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
Special :09/15/1968WUAB TV channel 43 in Lorain-Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :03/18/1968WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/09/1968WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :03/18/1968WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/15/1968WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :08/01/1968WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :08/04/1968WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting
Special :08/05/1968WZTV TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :08/21/1968Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
Special :07/30/1968Wash Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years
Special :08/21/1968William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
Special :02/23/1968Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBA to score 25,000 points
Special :08/23/1968Yanks & Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew
Special :06/03/1968Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
Special :10/25/1968Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby
Special :11/21/1968Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage
Special :09/17/1968Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon
Special :09/22/1968Zond 5 completes flight
Special :07/04/1968radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (í 450 m)

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