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January 1968

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The following events occurred in January 1968:

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January 2, 1968 (Tuesday)

  • Born: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Oscar-winning actor (Jerry Maguire)

    • January 3, 1968 (Wednesday)

  • The Panton Chair is introduced on the market for the first time by the Herman Miller Corporation.

    • January 5, 1968 (Friday)

  • Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as the leader of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia.
  • Born: Carrie Ann Inaba, dancer and television host

    • January 6, 1968 (Saturday)

  • Norman Shumway performs the first successful heart transplant in the United States.
  • Born: John Singleton, African-American director (Boyz N The Hood)

    • January 8, 1968 (Monday)

  • A collision between two Boston subways leaves 61 injured.
  • Pierre Guillard, a mentally ill French man, gouged several holes with a knife in Rubens' The Virgin and Child Surrounded by the Holy Innocents at The Louvre.
  • Otis Redding's single "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is released, less than a month after the plane crash that claimed his life.
  • The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau debuts on ABC.

    • January 9, 1968 (Tuesday)

  • Born: Joey Lauren Adams, American actress (Dazed and Confused, Chasing Amy)
  • The National Football League Players Association formally establishes itself as an independent labor union; the players would strike 6 months later, leading to the league's first collective bargaining agreement.
  • The Secret Service confiscated $4.1 million in counterfeit money at John F. Kennedy Airport, at the time the largest seizure in history.
  • Surveyor 7 made its lunar landing.

    • January 10, 1968 (Wednesday)

  • Born: Zoe Tay, Singaporean actress
  • Born: Lyle Menendez, American murderer
  • Died: Theophilus Donges, 69, South African President-elect

    • January 12, 1968 (Friday)

  • Born: Rachael Harris, American actress

    • January 14, 1968 (Sunday)

  • The Green Bay Packers defeat the Oakland Raiders by the score of 33-14 in Super Bowl II at the Miami Orange Bowl
  • Born: LL Cool J, American rapper and actor

    • January 15, 1968 (Monday)

  • An earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000.
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E. airs its final episode.

    • January 16, 1968 (Tuesday)

  • Born: Stephan Pastis, American cartoonist (Pearls Before Swine)
  • Born: Atticus Ross, Oscar-winning film composer (The Social Network)
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie premiered on Broadway; the lead actress Zoe Caldwell would win a Tony for her role as the title character.

    • January 18, 1968 (Thursday)

  • Born: David Ayer, American film director (Fury, Suicide Squad) and writer (Training Day)

    • January 19, 1968 (Friday)

  • Born: Matt Hill, Canadian voice actor (Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy, Street Sharks)

    • January 21, 1968 (Sunday)

  • Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8.
  • A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs.

    • January 22, 1968 (Monday)

  • Born: Guy Fieri, American chef and TV personality
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC.

    • January 23, 1968 (Tuesday)

  • Born: Eric Metcalf, American football player
  • North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying.

    • January 24, 1968 (Wednesday)

  • The James Stewart/Henry Fonda Western Firecreek debuts in theaters.
  • Born: Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
  • Born: Chris Warren, American football player

    • January 25, 1968 (Thursday)

  • The Israeli submarine INS Dakar sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, killing 69.
  • I Never Sang for My Father premieres on Broadway.

    • January 27, 1968 (Saturday)

  • The French submarine Minerve sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, killing 52.
  • Born: Mike Patton, American rock singer (Faith No More)
  • Born: Tricky, British musician
  • Born: Tracy Lawrence, American country singer
  • Born: Matt Stover, American football placekicker

    • January 28, 1968 (Sunday)

  • Born: Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer
  • Born: Rakim, American hip hop musician

    • January 29, 1968 (Monday)

  • Born: Edward Burns, American actor and director
  • Born: Aeneas Williams, American football player

    • January 30, 1968 (Tuesday)

  • Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins, as Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks across South Vietnam.
  • Born: King Felipe VI of Spain
  • Died: Robert Wood Johnson II, American businessman

    • January 31, 1968 (Wednesday)

  • Việt Cộng soldiers attack the US Embassy, Saigon.
  • Nauru president Hammer DeRoburt declares independence from Australia.

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