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 )

Early in January, 1844 he had a conference with Henry and William in New Orleans, and upon learning of Gorham's intention, Henry remonstrated calmly but firmly with his brother.

Whenever New England liberalism is reminded of the dramatic confrontation of Parker and the fraternity on January 23, 1843 -- while it may defend the privilege of Chandler Robbins to demand that Parker leave the Association, while it may plead that Dr. N. L. Frothingham had every warrant for stating, `` The difference between Trinitarians and Unitarians is a difference in Christianity ; ;

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California ( although the rush started in January ).

In January 1941, Weil and his family sailed from Marseille to New York.

The Middle East, Australia and New Zealand hold their events between January and March.

Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York on January 17, 1899.

The Bronx once had its own daily newspaper, The Bronx Home News, which started publishing on January 20, 1907 and merged into the New York Post in 1948.

In Chile most services and businesses are closed on both New Year's Day ( January 1 ) and Labor Day ( May 1 ).

Buddy Holly on The Ed Sullivan Show with Ed Sullivan, January 26, 1958, New York.

In January 1846, a peculiar skull was taken from the banks of Murrumbidgee River near Balranald, New South Wales.

Compared to the lower elevations of the Carolinas, winters are long and cold, with frequent sleet and snowfall, with the January high at, being more similar to the climate of the New England states rather than the humid subtropical climate that is pervasive in the Southeastern US.

*" Lloyd's posts Cotopaxi As ' Missing '", The New York Times, January 7, 1926.

*" Hope Wanes in Sea Search For 28 Aboard Lost Airliner ", The New York Times, January 31, 1948.

*" 72 Planes Search Sea For Airliner ", The New York Times, January 19, 1949.

*" Search Continuing For Conover Yawl ", The New York Times, January 8, 1958.

*" Yacht Search Goes On ", The New York Times, January 9, 1958.

*" Yacht Search Pressed ", The New York Times, January 10, 1958.

*" Conover Search Called Off ", The New York Times, January 15, 1958.

In New Zealand, the New Zealand Blood Service ( NZBS ) in 2000 introduced measures to preclude permanently donors who had resided in the United Kingdom ( including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ) for a total of six months or more between January 1980 and December 1996.

On January 31, 1912, Hearst introduced the nation's first full daily comic page in his New York Evening Journal.

Russell Patterson and Carolyn Wells ' New Adventures of Flossy Frills ( January 26, 1941 ), an example of comic strips on Sunday magazine s.

From October 1840 until January 1843 he was in Paris, busy with the treasures of the Bibliothèque Nationale, eking out his scanty means by making collations for other scholars, and producing for the publisher, Firmin Didot, several editions of the Greek New Testament — one of them exhibiting the form of the text corresponding most closely to the Vulgate.

Tombaugh died on January 17, 1997 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, at the age of 90.

1986 — In January 1986, following the rift between New Zealand and the USA in respect of the ANZUS security arrangements Prime Minister Tom Davis declared the Cook Islands a neutral country, because he considered that New Zealand ( which has control over the islands ' defence and foreign policy ) was no longer in a position to defend the islands.