1968

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1968 in Clemson History

Events that occurred in 1968:

  • Daniel Hall is completed.
  • A former partner in The Study Hall remodels the ex-Feedbag hardware store into the Red Carpet Lounge.
  • Geraldine Labecki begins tenure as dean of the newly-established School of Nursing. She will serve until 1980, and Mary Lohr will take her place in 1981.
  • First enrollees of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, approved by the Board of Trustees in 1967.
  • Schilletter dining hall completed.
  • February 20: The American Folk Ballet appears in the Field House (Fike) at 8 p.m.
  • April 4: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 39.
  • April 20: A steam operated passenger train operates through Clemson for the first time since about 1950 when the Southern Railway runs a steam excursion behind Southern 2-8-0 No. 630 from Atlanta to Spartanburg.
  • June 5: The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, took place shortly after midnight on June 5. He was killed following celebrations of his successful campaign in the Californian primary elections while seeking the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. The perpetrator was a 24-year old Jordanian immigrant named Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated Kennedy because of the senator's stance towards Israel. As of 2008, Sirhan remains incarcerated for this crime.
  • August: Mason Williams' instrumental "Classical Gas", released in February, and performed several times on the Smothers Brothers Show on CBS, reaches number two on the Billboard charts, and receives much airplay at WSBF.
  • September 21: Clemson's first football game of the season, played away at Wake Forest, is televised on ABC, the sixth time the Tigers have been broadcast. Jim Phillips begins broadcasting Clemson games as the new voice of the Tigers. The Tigers and Demon Deacons play to a 20-20 tie.
  • September 28: The Tigers travel to Georgia, losing, 13-31.
  • October 5: In Atlanta, Clemson is downed by Georgia Tech, 21-24.
  • October 12: Clemson hosts Auburn, losing, 10-21.
  • Fall: The Student League for Black Identity (SLBI) is founded on campus "to promote black awareness through encouragement of black history courses, the study of black culture, and the black man's relationship with his society."
  • October 19: The Tigers defeat Duke, 39-22, in Memorial Stadium.
  • October 26: Clemson plays at Alabama, lose, 14-21.
  • November 2: Clemson takes on N.C. State in Raleigh in the Tigers' seventh televised game, aired by ABC. The Tigers prevail over the Wolfpack, 24-19.
  • November 9: Clemson defeats Maryland, 16-0, in College Park.
  • November 16: The Tigers host North Carolina, defeating the Tarheels, 24-14.
  • November 23: South Carolina defeats the Tigers in Memorial Stadium, 3-7, wrapping up Clemson's 4-5-1 season, 4-1-1 in conference play, for second place in the ACC.
  • November 30: Clemson plays its first basketball game in Littlejohn Coliseum, defeating Georgia Tech, 76-72.



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