During World II the winter games were canceled but after that time the Winter Games have been held in St. Moritz ( 1948 ), Innsbruck, Austria ( 1964 and 1976 ), Grenoble, France, ( 1968 ), Albertville, France, ( 1992 ), and Torino, Italy, ( 2006 ).

During 1968 and 1969, the insurgency worsened.

During the period from 1968 until 1980, five different coaches were tried, with none lasting longer than four years.

During that period, ten GM titles were awarded in 1965, but only one in 1966 and in 1968.

During his days in Atlanta, Aaron reached a number of milestones ; he was only the eighth player ever to hit 500 career home runs, with his 500th coming against Mike McCormick of the San Francisco Giants on July 14, 1968 — exactly one year after former teammate Eddie Mathews had hit his 500th.

During a spring training game in 1968, Bench was catching the eight-year veteran right-hander Jim Maloney.

During 1968, Mazda started formal operations in Canada ( MazdaCanada ) although Mazdas were seen in Canada as early as 1959.

During the 1960s, Clemente batted over. 300 in every year except 1968, when, thanks to yet another freak off-season injury ( à la 1965 ), he got off to the worst start of his major league career, hitting just. 245 by the All-Star break, and doing well just to reach. 291 by season's end.

During a tour of the Midlands in England on September 16, 1968, he received the news that his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, had burned down and his two eldest sons had died.

During the Vietnam War the battles of Dien Bien Phu ( 1954 ) and Khe Sanh ( 1968 ) possessed siege-like characteristics.

During this period, the Redskins went without a single winning season between 1956 and 1968.

During the summer of 1968, The House of Lords in the Middle Ages was published after 20 years ' work.

During a trip to London in December 1967, Tork contributed banjo to George Harrison's soundtrack to the 1968 film Wonderwall.

During the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in summer 1968, he left Europe for the United States.

During Johnson's administration, NASA conducted the Gemini manned space program and the Apollo program, including Apollo 7 ; and the first human spaceflight to the Moon, Apollo 8, in December 1968.

During the years 1953 to 1968, it was the home to 413, 427 and 434 Fighter Squadrons which flew F-86 Sabre jets, and 440 Squadron which flew CF-100 Canuck, then the CF-104 Starfighter.

During his first trip to England in January 1968, Captain Beefheart was briefly represented in the UK by mod icon Peter Meaden, an early manager of The Who.

During a major league record 27-year baseball career, he pitched in 1966 and from 1968 to 1993 for four different teams: the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers.

During the 1968 campaign, LeMay became widely associated with the " Stone Age " comment, especially because he had suggested use of nuclear weapons as a strategy to quickly resolve a deeply protracted conventional war which eventually claimed over 50, 000 American and millions of Vietnamese lives.

* During 1968 – The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 establishes the Government National Mortgage Association ( Ginnie Mae )

During that last game of the season, Joe Sakic scored a goal and two assists and became the second-oldest player in NHL history to reach 100 points, behind only Gordie Howe, who had 103 points at age 40 in the 1968 – 69 season.

During his career, he pitched for the New York Giants ( 1952 – 1956 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1957 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1957 – 1958 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1958 – 1962 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1963 – 1968 ), California Angels ( 1969 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1969 – 1970 ; 1971 ), Chicago Cubs ( 1970 ), and Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1971 – 1972 ).

During the Lunar New Year of 1968, the communists launched a massive attack on the cities of Vietnam in an attempt to topple Thiệu and reunify the country under their rule.

During the press conference, the astronauts answered questions pertaining to several technical and non-technical aspects of the mission prepared and listed by priority at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston by journalists covering the flight.

During Selig's terms as Executive Council Chairman ( from 1992 – 1998 ) and Commissioner, new stadiums have opened in Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Arlington, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., New York City ( Flushing, Queens and the Bronx ), Minneapolis, and Miami.

During the flight, she reported to Houston Mission Control that she had spotted an unidentified flying object.

During a roadtrip to Houston, later in the season, Smith met a part-time usherette at the Astrodome named Denise while making his way to the team bus outside the stadium.

During a game against the Houston Astros on May 25, 2006, Robinson pulled Nationals catcher Matt LeCroy during the middle of the 7th inning, violating an unwritten rule that managers do not remove position players in the middle of an inning.

During a 2009 interview, Rose discussed his relationship with Kim while omitting her name, stating, " My girl has finally decided to try to shoot for Playboy, and they were kind enough to give her an opportunity to come to Houston for an interview, and we ’ re excited about that.

" During this time Houston was interviewed by the author Alexis de Tocqueville, who was traveling in the United States and its territories.

During December 1858, Choctaw Tom, at times an interpreter to Sam Houston, and a group of reservation Indians received permission for an off-the-reservation hunt.

During December 1858, Choctaw Tom, at times an interpreter to Sam Houston, and a group of reservation Indians received permission for an off-the-reservation hunt.

During the early and mid 1990s, Washington starred in several successful thrillers, including The Pelican Brief and Crimson Tide, as well as in comedy Much Ado About Nothing and alongside Whitney Houston in the romantic drama The Preacher's Wife.

During the 1959 minor league baseball season, Rather was the play-by-play radio announcer for the Houston Buffs team of the triple A American Association.

During the Runaway Scrape, Sam Houston camped at Columbus and burned the town, as he departed for San Jacinto.

During the 1970s and 1980s the population of Fresno increased more rapidly as the area was affected by growth of Houston.

During World War II, a small branch camp was built for German prisoners of war who were detailed to China from the larger Camp Huntsville in Walker County, Texas ( now a part of Sam Houston State University ).

During the short but furious fighting, Houston was shot in the left ankle, two of his horses were shot from under him, and Santa Anna escaped.

During the 1980s Buffett played at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

During 2002, she performed for many benefit concerts, the famous VH1 Divas Live, a concert to benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, alongside Cher, Anastacia, Dixie Chicks, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Shakira and Stevie Nicks.

During an interview with the Houston Chronicle near the time of this show, Doodlebug stated that a new single would be released, called " Fresh Out ," and that a new album was planned for digital release in summer of 2010.

* During the Apollo 11 mission Houston radioed to Apollo 11: " We've got an observation you can make if you have some time up there.

During the season, the Sting traded veteran Dawn Staley to the Houston Comets and named Charlotte basketball icon Muggsy Bogues as their new head coach late in the season.

During the 2008 MLS Season the Crew won its second Supporters ' Shield by six points over Houston, en route to defeating the New York Red Bulls in MLS Cup 2008 by a score of 3 to 1.

During an exhibition game in Houston against the New York Giants, Doby hit a home run " longer than a blast from Jimmie Fox " that " may have traveled 500 feet before landing far beyond the fence in center field.

In 1948, Eastern Airlines began the first regularly-scheduled passenger service to the airport .. During the 1950's, Eastern operated up to eight flights a day from Lafayette with Martin 4-0-4 and Convair 440 twin prop " Silver Falcon " airliners with four flights to New Orleans via a stop in Baton Rouge with some of these flights continuing on to Atlanta, and four flights to Houston via stops in Lake Charles, LA and Beaumont / Port Arthur, TX.