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What Happened In December 1968 In History

Historical Events for December, 1968

  • 9th » Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the Mouse (computer) named computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the NLS (computer system) named oN-Line System (NLS).
  • 11th » 'The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus', featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull (band) called Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal (musician) called Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.
  • 13th » Brazilian President of Brazil e.g President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
  • 20th » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
  • 21st » Apollo program: 'Apollo 8' is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a Moon known as lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
  • 23rd » The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo AGER-2 6 are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
  • 24th » Apollo program: The crew of 'Apollo 8' enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Apollo 8 Genesis reading called Christmas Eve Broadcast, one
  • 25th » Apollo program: 'Apollo 8' performs the very first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
  • 25th » Kilvenmani massacre, 44 Dalits (untouchables) burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
  • 27th » Apollo program: 'Apollo 8' splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1968

  • 1st » Justin Chadwick, English actor and director
  • 1st » Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
  • 2nd » David Batty, English footballer
  • 2nd » Darryl Kile, American baseball player (d. 2002)
  • 2nd » Lucy Liu, American actress and producer
  • 2nd » Nate Mendel, American bass player (Foo Fighters, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft, and Juno (band) or Juno)
  • 2nd » Rena Sofer, American actress
  • 3rd » Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer
  • 3rd » Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 4th » Mike Barrowman, Paraguayan-American swimmer
  • 4th » Dionne Farris, American, singer-songwriter, producer and actress
  • 5th » Margaret Cho, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 5th » Lisa Marie (actress) named Lisa Marie, American model and actress
  • 5th » Lydia Millet, American author
  • 7th » Mark Geyer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
  • 8th » Michael Cole, American journalist and sportscaster
  • 8th » Mike Mussina, American baseball player
  • 8th » Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
  • 9th » Kurt Angle, American wrestler and actor
  • 9th » Brian Bell (musician) or Brian Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Weezer, Space Twins, and The Relationship)
  • 9th » Brent Price, American basketball player
  • 11th » Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer and manager
  • 12th » Kate Humble, English television host
  • 12th » Rory Kennedy, American director and producer
  • 12th » Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2002)
  • 14th » Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author
  • 14th » Noelle Beck, American actress
  • 15th » Osama Ali Maher, Egyptian-Swedish politician
  • 15th » Garrett Wang, American actor
  • 16th » Peter Dante, American actor and singer
  • 16th » Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 16th » Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
  • 16th » Mark Dean Schwab, American rapist and murderer (d. 2008)
  • 17th » Andrey Golovatiuk, Russian politician
  • 17th » Claudio Suárez, Mexican footballer
  • 17th » Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver
  • 18th » Mario Basler, German footballer and manager
  • 18th » Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress
  • 18th » Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 18th » Casper Van Dien, American actor and producer
  • 18th » Nina Wadia, Indian-English actress
  • 19th » Ken Marino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 20th » Joe Cornish, English actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 20th » Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver
  • 22nd » Lauralee Bell, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 22nd » Luis Hernández (footballer) named Luis Hernández, Mexican footballer
  • 22nd » Dina Meyer, American actress
  • 23rd » Lucy Bell, English-Australian actress
  • 23rd » Karyn Bryant, American journalist, actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 23rd » Quincy Jones III, English-Swedish songwriter and producer
  • 23rd » Barry Kooser, American artist and animation filmmaker
  • 23rd » Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Puerto Rican-American photographer
  • 23rd » René Tretschok, German footballer and manager
  • 24th » Doyle Bramhall II, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arc Angels)
  • 24th » Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (d. 2008)
  • 24th » Marleen Renders, Belgian runner
  • 25th » Helena Christensen, Danish model and actress
  • 25th » Jim Dowd (ice hockey) named Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
  • 26th » Tricia Leigh Fisher, American actress and singer
  • 26th » Dennis Knight, American wrestler
  • 28th » Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut
  • 30th » Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
  • 31st » Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  • 31st » Junot Díaz, Dominican-American author and academic
  • 31st » Luciano Szafir, Brazilian model and actor

Famous Deaths for December 1968

  • 1st » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
  • 1st » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
  • 2nd » Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
  • 5th » Fred Clark, American actor (b. 1914)
  • 9th » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (b. 1883)
  • 10th » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
  • 10th » George Forrest (politician) or George Forrest, Irish politician (b. 1921)
  • 10th » Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)
  • 11th » Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (b. 1910)
  • 11th » Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1891)
  • 12th » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)
  • 15th » Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th List of premiers of Quebec or Premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
  • 15th » Jess Willard, American boxer (b. 1881)
  • 16th » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Makuuchi Yokozuna e.g Yokozuna (b. 1912)
  • 16th » Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
  • 18th » Joan Tabor, American actress (b. 1932)
  • 19th » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (b. 1884)
  • 20th » John Steinbeck, American author, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • 21st » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
  • 22nd » Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (b. 1887)
  • 29th » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
  • 30th » Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)
  • 31st » George Lewis (clarinetist) named George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)

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