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This is a list of various things that took place in 1968.

Significant events[]

Unknown date

January

February

  • 19 - The first WWWF card at the new Madison Square Garden is held. Until 1973, cards are not televised live, and with few exceptions, little to no film or video footage from these cards is known to remain in existence. The main event saw Bruno Sammartino successfully defend the WWWF Heavyweight Championship by defeating Bull Ramos by submission with the backbreaker

July

  • 5 - Nick Bockwinkel appears as a contestant on the NBC game show The Hollywood Squares. He is the night's champion, winning a Pontiac Firebird convertible and Hotpoint kitchen appliances, along with $1,300 cash.

October

Births[]

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths[]

January

  • 15 - Firpo Segura

May

  • 30 - Espanto I

July

  • 14 - Apolo Curiel

August

  • 11 – The Oklahoma Kid 29 (Heart attack)

October

Debuts[]

February

  • 24 - Enrique Vera

April

May

August

  • 30 - Yamato (Toguchi)

Events[]

Title changes[]

March

April

  • 2 - The Fabulous Moolah regains the NWA World Women's title from Yukiko Tomoe in Hamamatsu, Japan (WWE does not recognize this title change)

May

August

November

See also[]

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