THE EVENTS

JAN '68 - FEB '68  - MAR '68  - APR '68  - MAY '68 - JUN '68 - JUL '68  - AUG '68  - SEP '68  - OCT '68  - NOV '68  - DEC '68  - 1969

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DEC 6: CCM CAMPUS IS GROWING

 The Library, Academic Science Building, and the Engineering & Maintenance buildings are currently under construction. Bids are underway for the Health & Physical Education building, and plans have begun for the Student Center.

County College of Morris campus with the library in the background   Rober Holley, Dr. Marshall Nirenberg, and Har Govind Khorana, recipients of the Nobel prize for medicine, at the Nobel prize reception in Stockholm

DEC 8: NOBEL PRIZE AWARDS*

A reception is held for the 1968 Nobel prize winners at the United States embassy in Stockholm. Winners include 3 biochemists who are researching the genetic-hereditary-code.

Apollo 8 launch for planned orbit of the moon DECEMBER 1968 David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon at wedding ceremony of David's sister in Valley Forge, Pa

DEC 21: APOLLO 8 LIFT OFF*

NASA launches the Apollo 8 mission to orbit the moon. Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders are on board. It will take 3 days to travel to the moon.

 

DEC 22: JULIE NIXON WEDS DAVID EISENHOWER*

President elect Richard Nixon's daughter, Julie, marries Dwight Eisenhower's grandson, David, in New York City.

DEC 28: ISRAEL ATTACKS BEIRUT AIRPORT*

Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese aircraft and more than half of Lebanon's civil airline fleet in retaliation for the Palestinian attack on an Israeli Airliner in Athens, Greece.

Beirut airport   Soviet Tupolev TU144 supersonic airliner

DEC 31: FIRST SUPERSONIC FLIGHT*

The Soviets launch the first supersonic airliner the Tupolev TU144 after years of development and trials.

PHOTOS USED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

County College of Morris opened its doors in September of 1968. Join us in celebrating 40 years of connecting learning and life. Read about THE EVENTS that shaped the times, remember THE CULTURE, and join the founding CCM students, staff, and faculty as they share with us THE MEMORIES of those early days.

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