December 1968 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1968.
The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1968: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1968?

Events

01 Dec 1968 Promises Promises opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances
02 Dec 1968 US President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor.
03 Dec 1968 The '68 Comeback Special marks the concert return of Elvis Presley.
06 Dec 1968 WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
07 Dec 1968 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923
09 Dec 1968 KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
10 Dec 1968 Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
11 Dec 1968 KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
12 Dec 1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
13 Dec 1968 Playland at Beach reopens
16 Dec 1968 KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI begins broadcasting
19 Dec 1968 WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
20 Dec 1968 The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
21 Dec 1968 Apollo 8 (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders) is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the first manned Moon voyage.
22 Dec 1968 Julie Nixon weds Dwight David Eisenhower
23 Dec 1968 Borman, Lovell and Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon
24 Dec 1968 Apollo 8 Astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis
25 Dec 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the very first successful Trans Earth Injection (TEI) maneouver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
26 Dec 1968 Jay Allens Forty Carats, premieres in New York City
27 Dec 1968 Apollo 8 returns to Earth.
28 Dec 1968 KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
29 Dec 1968 New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game.
31 Dec 1968 1st test flight of Tupolev TU 144
02 Dec 1968 Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashes into Pedro Bay, Alaska, killing all 39 people on board.