What Happened In January 1968 In History

Historical Events for January, 1968

• 5th » Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.
• 7th » Surveyor Program: 'Surveyor 7', the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from Spaceport Florida Launch Complex 36 e.g launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station or Cape Canaveral.
• 13th » Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison named performs live at Folsom State Prison
• 21st » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
• 21st » A B-52 bomber 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash e.g crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
• 22nd » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
• 23rd » North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo AGER-2 6, claiming the ship had violated its territorial waters while spying.
• 30th » Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
• 31st » Viet Cong attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
• 31st » Nauru gains independence from Australia.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1968

• 1st » Felix Chong, Hong Kong screenwriter
• 1st » Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
• 1st » Sophie Okonedo, British actress
• 1st » Joey Stefano, American porn actor (d. 1994)
• 1st » Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
• 2nd » Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor
• 2nd » Evan Parke, Jamaican-American actor
• 2nd » Goichi Suda, Japanese video game designer
• 2nd » Anky van Grunsven, Dutch horse rider
• 4th » Mike Wilpolt, American football player and coach
• 5th » DJ BoBo, Swiss singer-songwriter and producer
• 5th » Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor
• 5th » Andrew Golota, Polish boxer
• 5th » Carrie Ann Inaba, American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer
• 5th » Joé Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 6th » John Singleton, American director
• 8th » James Brokenshire, English politician
• 8th » Keith Mullings, American boxer
• 8th » Bull Nakano, Japanese wrestler and golfer
• 9th » Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer
• 9th » Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• 9th » Catalina Saavedra, Chilean actress
• 9th » Al Schnier, American guitarist (moe. and Al and the Transamericans)
• 9th » Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
• 11th » Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician
• 11th » Saša Ćirić, Macedonian footballer
• 11th » Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer (No Doubt and Invincible Overlord)
• 12th » Keith Anderson, American singer-songwriter
• 12th » Heather Mills, English model and activist
• 12th » Big Dick Dudley, American wrestler (d. 2002)
• 12th » Rachael Harris, American actress
• 12th » Junichi Masuda, Japanese programmer, director, and composer
• 12th » Heather Mills, English model and activist
• 12th » Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 13th » Traci Bingham, American model and actress
• 13th » Chara (singer) named Chara, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (Mean Machine (band) known as Mean Machine)
• 13th » Antonio Tartaglia, Italian bobsledder
• 13th » Mike Whitlow, English footballer
• 14th » Efthimis Bakatsias, Greek basketball player
• 14th » Ruel Fox, English footballer
• 14th » Veikka Gustafsson, Finnish mountaineer
• 14th » LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
• 15th » Barry Buchanan, American wrestler
• 15th » Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer
• 15th » Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca
• 16th » Danni Ashe, American model and businesswoman
• 16th » David Chokachi, American actor
• 16th » Rebecca Stead, American author
• 17th » Svetlana Masterkova, Russian runner
• 17th » Rowan Pelling, English journalist
• 17th » Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch author, poet, and scholar
• 17th » Jane Salumäe, Estonian runner
• 19th » Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter (Ugly Kid Joe, Medication (band) or Medication, Another Animal, and Life of Agony)
• 20th » Nick Anderson, American basketball player
• 20th » Melissa Rivers, American actress, television host, and producer
• 20th » Charlie Swan (jockey) or Charlie Swan, Irish jockey
• 21st » Sundar C., Indian actor and director
• 21st » Charlotte Ross, American actress
• 22nd » Guy Fieri, American chef, author, and television host
• 22nd » Heath (musician) or Heath, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (X Japan)
• 22nd » Frank Lebœuf, French footballer
• 22nd » Raquel Cassidy, English actress
• 22nd » Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
• 23rd » Petr Korda, Czech tennis player
• 23rd » Raul Olle, Estonian skier
• 24th » Robert Chote, English economist
• 24th » Michael Kiske, German singer-songwriter (Helloween, Unisonic (band) known as Unisonic, Place Vendome (band) or Place Vendome, and Kiske/Somerville)
• 24th » Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
• 25th » Eric Orie, Dutch footballer and manager
• 26th » Ravi Teja, Indian actor
• 27th » Tricky (musician) known as Tricky, English rapper, producer, and actor (The Wild Bunch (sound system) called The Wild Bunch and Massive Attack)
• 27th » Patrick Blondeau, French footballer
• 27th » Mike Patton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas (band) Fantômas, Tomahawk (band) Tomahawk, and Lovage (band) Lovage)
• 27th » Matt Stover, American football player
• 27th » Deb Talan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Weepies)
• 28th » Rakim, American rapper (Eric B. & Rakim)
• 28th » Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 28th » DJ Muggs, American DJ and producer (Cypress Hill and The 7A3)
• 29th » Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
• 29th » Susi Erdmann, German bobsledder
• 29th » Sora Jung, South Korean actress
• 29th » Aeneas Williams, American football player
• 30th » Trevor Dunn, American bass player and songwriter (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Fantômas (band) or Fantômas, and Tomahawk (band) called Tomahawk)
• 30th » Tony Maudsley, English actor
• 30th » Felipe, Prince of Asturias
• 31st » Matt King (comedian) known as Matt King, English comedian and actor
• 31st » Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician
• 31st » Patrick Stevens, Belgian sprinter

Famous Deaths for January 1968

• 1st » Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American publisher, founded DC Comics (b. 1890)
• 2nd » Nikolai Stepulov, Estonian boxer (b. 1913)
• 7th » J.L.B. Smith, South African chemist (b. 1897)
• 7th » Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler (b. 1930)
• 10th » Basil Sydney, English actor (b. 1894)
• 14th » Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (b. 1885)
• 15th » Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 16th » Bob Jones, Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (b. 1883)
• 16th » Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek judge and archeologist (b. 1881)
• 19th » Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879)
• 21st » Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)
• 22nd » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
• 26th » Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
• 26th » Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
• 28th » Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (b. 1890)
• 30th » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet (b. 1889)

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