The number dropped to 38 in 1968, but grew to 82 in 1969, the largest number in a single year in the history of civil aviation ; in January 1969 alone, eight airliners were hijacked to Cuba.

The same message was conveyed to US President Johnson's emissary Chester Bowles in January 1968.

Caltech undergraduates have historically been so apathetic to politics that there has been only one organized student protest in January 1968 outside the Burbank studios of NBC, in response to rumors that NBC was to cancel Star Trek.

That song, a cover of Tom Paxton's " The Last Thing on My Mind ", released in late 1967, reached the country top ten in January 1968, launching a six-year streak of virtually uninterrupted top-ten singles for the pair.

In January 1968 he secretly married Linda Haines.

): January 1968 – December 1975.

With McMahon unexpectedly eliminated from the contest, Senator John Gorton was elected Liberal leader on 9 January 1968, and was sworn in as Prime Minister on 10 January, replacing McEwen.

In November 1967, James Brown purchased radio station WGYW in Knoxville, Tennessee for a reported $ 75, 000, according to the January 20, 1968 Record World magazine.

WJBE began on January 15, 1968 and broadcast a Rhythm & Blues format.

* Nauru, formerly part of German New Guinea ( Australia in effective control, formally together with United Kingdom and New Zealand ) from 17 December 1920, 1 November 1947 made into a United Nations trust territory ( same three powers ) until its 31 January 1968 independence as a Republic-all that time under an Administrator

Thunderstorms or heavy rain may cause agricultural damages. Record high: 45. 4C ,( 113F ) ( Jule 2000 ), record low :- 21. 6 C ,(- 6. 88f ), January 1968. Larissa receives only 450mm of rain per year, but Corfu for example receives 1080mm of rain per year, because the mountais of Pindos create a rainshadow for the eastern coast of Greece.

The year of 1968 was mainly dominated by the capture of the USS Pueblo, a reconnaissance ship captured in the Sea of Japan that January.

On 31 January 1968, following a two-year constitutional convention, Nauru became the world's smallest independent republic.

John Gorton became the new Liberal Prime Minister in January 1968.

It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected the First Secretary of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and continued until 21 August when the Soviet Union and all members of the Warsaw Pact, with the notable exception of Romania, invaded the country to halt the reforms.

Dubček replaced Novotný as First Secretary on 5 January 1968.

In January 1968, Porsche also made available a Targa ' Version II ' option (' hard window Targa ') with fixed glass rear window, transforming the Targa into a coupe with removable roof.

As a vintage rally car, on January 29, 2012 Hayden Burvill, Alastair Caldwell, and their # 35 1968 Porsche 912 finished first in class, and 7th overall in the 2012 London to Cape Town World Cup Rally ; a 14 country, three continent, 14, 000 kilometre, 26 driving-days event.

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The Royal National Theatre production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern had a year-long Broadway run from October 9, 1967, through October 19, 1968, initially at the Alvin Theatre, then transferring to the Eugene O ' Neill Theatre on January 8, 1968.

That same year, Simon and Garfunkel contributed heavily to the soundtrack to Mike Nichols ' film The Graduate, which was released on January 21, 1968, and instantly rose to No. 1 as an album.

* Gordon M. Shrum ( January 1, 1964-May 31, 1968 )

* Patrick McTaggart-Cowan ( January 1, 1964-May 31, 1968 )

* January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine.

When Bizri led a second Syrian delegation composed of military officers on January 11, 1958, and personally discouraged Syro-Egyptian unity, Nasser opted for a total merger.

Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (, ; 15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970 ) was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death.

Gamal Abdel Nasser was born on 15 January 1918 in Bakos, Alexandria, Egypt.

In January 1953, Nasser overcame opposition from Naguib and banned all political parties, creating a one-party system, the Liberation Rally, whose purpose was to function as a national movement that would replace all parties.

" Although Nasser initially turned them down, suggesting that it would take a minimum of five years to establish a feasible political union, he became more afraid of a Communist takeover when the second Syrian delegation composed of military officers was led by Bizri on 11 January 1958 ; Bizri personally discouraged Syro-Egyptian unity.

In January 1964, Nasser called for an Arab League summit in Cairo, with the stated purpose of establishing a unified Arab response against Israel's plans to divert water from the Jordan River to irrigate the Negev Desert.

Nasser observing the Suez front with Egyptian officers during the War of Attrition, January 1968

January 22, 1970: President Nasser secretly flies to Moscow to discuss the situation.

Nasser had looked to a regime change in Yemen since 1957 and finally put his desires into practice in January 1962 by giving the Free Yemen Movement office space, financial support, and radio air time.

In January 1999, SKYY Spirits joined with Nasser Ahmadvand for distribution of each others ' products in Asia.

On 12 January it was reported that more than 50 phosphorus burns victims were in Nasser Hospital.

The party, along with all other Egyptian political parties, was banned in January 1953 by Gamal Abdel Nasser following the Free Officers Revolution of 1952.

The U. S. Cavalry abandoned its sabres in 1934 and commenced the conversion of its horsed regiments to mechanized cavalry, starting with the First Regiment of Cavalry in January 1933.

ePal regulation commenced in January 2011.

The latest channel to start broadcasting in Hobart is Network Ten's Eleven channel, which commenced transmission on Tuesday 11 January 2011 at 11 am.

Manx Telecom won the tender, and commenced operations under the new identity from 1 January 1987.

The second match commenced on 19 January 1883 and was won comfortably by England by an innings and 27 runs.

After a site survey in September by Papa Riedel and Schubert, Kammler chose the code name Zement ( cement ) for it in December, and work to blast an underground cavern into a cliff at Lake Traunsee near Gmunden commenced in January 1944.

The first broadcast commenced at 11. 00 am on Sunday 19 January 1975.

The first millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, AD 1, and ended on December 31, AD 1000, of the Julian calendar.

The 2nd millennium was the thousand-year period that commenced on January 1, 1001 and ended on December 31, 2000, encompasses the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Early Modern Age, the age of Colonialism, industrialization, the rise of nation states, and culminates in the 20th century with the impact of science, widespread education, and universal health care and vaccinations in many nations.

The 2nd millennium was a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1001, and ended on December 31, 2000.

Reconstruction policies were debated in the North when the war began, and commenced in earnest after the Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863.

The project commenced in January 2009 and aims to restore, recreate and reconnect habitat, ensuring that wildlife is enhanced and capable of sustaining itself in the face of climate change, while guaranteeing farmers and other landowners can continue to use their land profitably.

Established by the passing of Family Law Act 1975, under Chapter 3 of the Australian Constitution, it commenced operations on 5 January 1976.

D. McCarthy and D. Ó Cróinin propose that Gildas ' 44 years and one month is a reference to the 44th year of an 84-year Celtic Easter cycle used in Britain in Gildas ' day ; the cycle in question commenced in January, 438 AD, allowing them to date the battle to February, 482 AD.

In her trial, which commenced on January 15, 1976 ( and in her dozens of previous interviews by FBI agents Charles Bates and Lawrence Lawler — any reference to which was not allowed by the presiding judge to be included in the trial ), Hearst's attorney F. Lee Bailey claimed that Hearst had been blindfolded, imprisoned in a narrow closet and physically and sexually abused.

Pinewood appealed the decision and a public inquiry commenced on 5 April 2011 and on 20 January 2012, it was announced that the appeal had been turned down.

Röhm accepted this offer and commenced his new assignment in early January 1931.

* 4 January 1966: BUA commenced Gatwick's first scheduled domestic jet services to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast.

Principal photography commenced on October 31, 1979 and moved swiftly along finishing by December 30, 1979 just in time for the end of the year ( a few exterior and location shots were filmed until January 5, 1980 ).

The first modern cruise, which defined the journey not just as transport but as the actual reward, commenced on 22 January 1891, when the SS Auguste Victoria ( named after the German empress ) set sail to cruise the Mediterranean for six weeks.

After the independence of Brunei from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984, services commenced to Jakarta on 3 January, thus linking all five ASEAN capital cities at the time – Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore – to Brunei.

The coalition commenced hostilities in January 1991, resulting in a decisive victory for the U. S. led coalition forces, which drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait with minimal coalition deaths.

The airport company was registered in January 2006 and commenced trading on 1 January 2007 tasked with the responsibility for planning, developing, managing and maintaining all airports and aerodromes in Ghana namely Kotoka International Airport ( KIA ) and the regional airports at Kumasi, Tamale, Sunyani as well as airstrips.