Topping the Billboard Music Charts in November 1968 was Hey Jude by The Beatles.
Republican Party nominee Richard M. Nixon was elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President and Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey, and Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace.
Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn, New York became the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
The divorce between the Beatles' John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, became official, a little more than five months after Cynthia had returned to the couple's home and found that Yoko Ono had moved in.
The most widely felt earthquake in United States history, noticed by millions of people in portions of 23 states, struck at 11:02 in the morning Central Time, with an epicenter in Hamilton County, IL. The tremors caused damage and injuries as far away as St. Louis and shaking in Chicago.
NASA announced that it would launch three astronauts to be the first persons ever to orbit the Moon, probably on December 21, for a six-day mission on Apollo 8.
Yale University announced that it would admit female students for the first time in its 267 year history, beginning with the 1969-1970 academic year.
What would become known as "The Heidi Game" in professional football history took place when NBC abruptly halted its broadcast the game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets, in order to telecast its scheduled Sunday night movie, Heidi.
The Beatles released what would become unofficially known as the White Album, although its official title was simply "The Beatles", and it was a double album.
Pan Am Flight 281 from New York City to San Juan, Puerto Rico was hijacked by four of its 78 passengers, and landed in Havana, Cuba.
I'll never forget the first time I heard that song. I was driving down Hampton Blvd. on my way to class and I had to pull over because I couldn't listen to it and drive at the same time.
