In 1968, he studied glass in Venice on a Fulbright Fellowship and received a Master of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design. In 1971, with the support of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg, Chihuly founded the Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington. About the Pilchuck Glass School from their websiteIn 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on car accident during which he flew through the windshield. Glass Houses: Dale Chihuly Files a Lawsuit That Raises Big Questions ... About Dale Chihuly, a February 2006 article from The Stranger His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye.

As a popular psychedelic act of the late 1960s, many of Joplin's live concerts with Big Brother were professionally recorded and have been released on albums like Live at Winterland ' 68 and Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968.

Other examples are the Peter Marlow series, beginning with The Private Sector ( 1971 ) by Joseph Hone, which is set during Israel's Six Day War ( 1967 ) against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and William Garner's secret agents, the fantastic Michael Jagger, in Overkill ( 1966 ), The Deep, Deep Freeze ( 1968 ), The Us or Them War ( 1969 ) and A Big Enough Wreath ( 1974 ) and the realistic John Morpurgo in Think Big, Think Dirty ( 1983 ), Rats ' Alley ( 1984 ), and Zones of Silence ( 1986 ).

* 1968 – Big Daddy Kane, American rapper and producer ( Juice Crew )

Following the 1966 tour, the group moved with Dylan to Saugerties, New York, where they made the informal 1967 recordings that became The Basement Tapes, which forged the basis for their 1968 debut album Music from Big Pink.

Their first album, Music from Big Pink ( 1968 ) was widely acclaimed.

* Music from Big Pink ( 1968 )

* " Maya ", a song by the Incredible String Band from the 1968 album Wee Tam and the Big Huge

The Big Mac hamburger made its debut in 1968

He also appeared in The Big Knife as an overly aggressive film studio boss who berates film star Jack Palance ; as Al Capone in Al Capone ( 1959 ); as Mr. Joyboy in The Loved One ; as the serial killer in No Way to Treat a Lady ; and as a repressed gay NCO in The Sergeant ( 1968 ); as Rabbi Saunders in The Chosen ( 1981 ).

Other popular Wyler films include Funny Girl ( 1968 ), How to Steal a Million ( 1966 ), The Big Country ( 1958 ), Roman Holiday ( 1953 ), The Heiress ( 1949 ), The Letter ( 1940 ), The Westerner ( 1940 ), Wuthering Heights ( 1939 ), Jezebel ( 1938 ), Dodsworth ( 1936 ), and Hell's Heroes ( 1930 ).

George Gamow (; August 19, 1968 ), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov ( Russian: Георгий Антонович Гамов ), was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist — notably an early advocate and developer of Lemaître's Big Bang theory.

John Garrett Olerud (; nicknamed Big Rude, and Johnny O ; born August 5, 1968 ), is a former American first baseman in Major League Baseball.

In the summer of 1968, Caltech began construction of Big Bear Solar Observatory ( BBSO ) located on the north shore of Big Bear Lake.

Max Rafferty, former California Superintendent of Public Instruction and Republican U. S. Senate nominee in 1968, was a school administrator at Big Bear Lake High School in the late 1940s.

* 1968: The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Featuring Miss Ruth Brown ( Solid State )

* The Big Country Hits ( 1968, Decca DL 4972 / 74972 )

Traveling to New York in 1968, Lymon was signed by manager Sam Bray to his Big Apple label, and the singer returned to recording.

Meanwhile, on ABC, The Big Valley premieres ( 1965 – 1969 ), and NBC launches I Spy ( 1965 – 1968 ).

Released in 1968, the album influenced glam rock and power pop artists such as David Bowie and Big Star.

Since entering the Big Ten in 1950, Michigan State has won 14 men ’ s team titles ( 1951 – 1953, 1955 – 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1970 and 1971 ).

During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program, Hayes's teams won five national championships ( 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970 ), captured 13 Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 205 – 61 – 10.

As head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, Hayes led his teams to a 205 – 61 – 10 record (. 761 ), including three consensus national championships ( 1954, 1957 and 1968 ), two other non-consensus national titles ( 1961 and 1970 ), 13 Big Ten conference championships, and eight Rose Bowl appearances.

* 1968 – Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.

To mark the 30th anniversary of Engelbart's 1968 demo, in 1998 the Stanford Silicon Valley Archives and the Institute for the Future hosted Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution, a symposium at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium, to honor Engelbart and his ideas.

Robert Norton Noyce ( December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990 ), nicknamed " the Mayor of Silicon Valley ", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968.

The Jacks Valley field training area was added, the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape ( SERE ) program was expanded, and light aircraft training started in 1968.

Wiley left in 1968, the same year Mississippi Valley State College entered.

The land along the Paluxy River for Dinosaur Valley State Park was purchased by the State of Texas in 1968, and the park opened to the public in 1972.

The cave was used by tourists and as a show cave, but in 1968 the cave was flooded by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Although similar measures had failed in 1968 and 1983, a measure to form the city of Moreno Valley was approved by voters in 1984.

Janss gained full control of Sun Valley in 1968.

An insurance agent, Borland did not seek reelection in 1968 and was succeeded by E. M. Hollingsworth. Borland was credited with the building of the Cotton Valley city hall, recreation center and municipal park.

The multipurpose building ( c. 1968 ) was renovated to become Valley Park Middle School.

The Chagrin Valley Invitation Relays have been held each summer since 1968.

The Osage Valley railroad was abandoned in 1953 and the Midland Valley Railroad was abandoned in 1968.

* Country singer Jeannie C. Riley, who in the second half of 1968 had a number-one pop and country hit with Harper Valley PTA, was also born in Anson on Friday, October 19, 1945.

Nevertheless, she refused closure of several lines, one example being the Looe Valley Line in Cornwall, and introduced the first Government subsidies for socially necessary but unprofitable railways in the Transport Act 1968.

" You're My World "-- recorded in no time by Black — was not released as a single by Warwick, but it did appear on a later album, Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls, released in 1968.

The LP Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls, released in early 1968 and containing the re-recorded version of the movie theme (# 2 – 4 weeks ), " Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

The Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States.

A half-size replica of the temple was completed on June 7, 1968 in the Valley of the Temples ( O ' ahu, Hawaii ).

* 1967 – 1968: Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts

In the autumn of 1968, at the invitation of his friend Oliver Evans, Bowles spent one semester at the English Department of the San Fernando Valley State College, ( now California State University, Northridge ), teaching " Advanced Narrative Writing and the Modern European Novel.

* The Happy Valley ; 1968, Random House Publisher, ISBN 0-394-47562-3

Before 1968 the game featured matchups between schools throughout the South, often featuring the Ohio Valley Conference champion or other small colleges ( though a few major colleges did play in the bowl during this early era as well ).