The Opportunity
Time: Wednesday Dec 18, 1968
Place: USA
Details: While still a student, he was offered a small unpaid intern job at Universal Studios with the editing department. He was later given the opportunity to make a short film for theatrical release, the 26-minute, 35 mm, Amblin', which he wrote and directed. Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, which had won a number of awards, and offered Spielberg a seven-year directing contract. It made him the youngest director ever to be signed for a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio. He subsequently dropped out of college to begin professionally directing TV productions with Universal.
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James Bond-On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Thursday Dec 18, 1969 - United Kingdom
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Monday Dec 18, 1972 - Hockessin, Delaware, U.S.
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Tuesday Dec 18, 1979 - Vienna, Austria
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Monday Dec 18, 2000 - Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Johan Cruyff-Marriage
Monday Dec 2, 1968 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Neil Armstrong-Slayton offered Armstrong the Post of Commander of Apollo 11
Monday Dec 23, 1968 - Washington D.C., U.S.
1968
Xanana Gusmão-National Service
1968 - Timor-Leste
Josip Broz Tito-Tito offered to fly to Prague
1968 - Prague, Czechslovak
Christmas Island-Retitling The Official Secretary
1968 - Christmas Island
Visa Inc.-Manager at the National Bank of Commerce , Dee Hock, was asked to supervise that bank's launch of its own licensed version of BankAmericard in the Pacific Northwest market
1968 - U.S.1
Visa Inc.-Alliance of banks issued credit cards under the Chargex name
1968 - Canada
Microprocessor-The First Use of The Term "microprocessor"
1968 - Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Microprocessor-The Central Air Data Computer
1968 - U.S.
Juan Trippe-Trippe gave up the Presidency
1968 - Florida, U.S.
Slobodan Milošević-Milošević got a job at the Tehnogas company
1968 - Serbia
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1968 - U.S.
Computer animation-Nikolai Konstantinov
1968 - Russia (Then: Soviet Union)
Computer animation-The Atlas Computer Laboratory
1968 - Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Movie obsession
1968 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Computer animation-Evans & Sutherland
1968 - U.S.
Ted Bundy-Ted dropped out of college
1968 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan-The UK's Foreign Office Minister's Visit
Monday Jan 8, 1968 - United Arab Emirates
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle refused to devalue the France
1968 - France
Edward VIII-The last royal ceremony the Duke attended
1968 - England, United Kingdom
Atomic Bomb-1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
Sunday Jan 21, 1968 - Thule Air Base (formerly Pituffik), Greenland
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1968 - U.S.
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1968 - New York, U.S.
Vietnam War-The Tet Offensive
Tuesday Jan 30, 1968 - South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh-Tet Offensive
Wednesday Jan 31, 1968 - Vietnam
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-New Delhi Conference
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Monday Feb 12, 1968 - El Segundo, California, U.S.
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Sunday Feb 18, 1968 - United Arab Emirates
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Sunday Mar 24, 1968 - Quebec, Canada
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Thursday Mar 28, 1968 - United Kingdom
Sony Corporation-Introduced The Trinitron brand
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Monday Apr 1, 1968 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Martin Luther King-Assassination
Thursday Apr 4, 1968 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jeff Bezos-Divorce of his Parents
Monday Apr 22, 1968 - U.S.
George W. Bush-Military Career
May, 1968 - Texas, U.S.
Vietnam War-Peace Talks began
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Charles de Gaulle-The mass demonstrations challenged De Gaulle's legitimacy
May, 1968 - France
Tony Hawk-Birth
Sunday May 12, 1968 - San Diego, California, U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden earned a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law
1968 - Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Donald Trump-Graduation
May, 1968 - Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle disappeared
Wednesday May 29, 1968 - France
Charles de Gaulle-Pompidou persuaded De Gaulle to dissolve parliament
Thursday May 30, 1968 - Paris, France
Charles de Gaulle-Gaullists achieved major success
Jun, 1968 - France
Juneteenth-Ralph Abernathy made June 19 the "Solidarity Day of the Poor People’s Campaign"
Wednesday Jun 19, 1968 - U.S.
Memorial day-Three-day weekend
Friday Jun 28, 1968 - U.S.
Computer animation-Cybernetic Serendipity
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Frank Sinatra-3rd Divorce
Aug, 1968 - Mexico
KFC-First in Australia
1968 - Sydney, Australia
Ted Bundy-Bundy attended the 1968 Republican National Convention
Aug, 1968 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Harald V-Marriage
Thursday Aug 29, 1968 - Oslo Domkirke, Karl Johans gate, Oslo, Norway
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1968 - Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden disliked incumbent Democratic Delaware governor Charles L. Terry's conservative racial politics
1968 - Delaware, U.S.
Nobel Prize-Sveriges Riksbank Donation
1968 - Brunkebergstorg, Stockholm, Sweden
Yasunari Kawabata-Nobel Prize
Wednesday Oct 16, 1968 - Stockholm, Sweden
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1968 - California, United States
Donald Trump-Classified 1-Y
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Tuesday Nov 5, 1968 - U.S.
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1968 - U.S.
Jeff Bezos-Raising
1968 - Houston, Texas, U.S.
Xerox-Xerox Tower
1968 - Rochester, New York, U.S.
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1968 - U.S.
Johan Cruyff-Marriage
Monday Dec 2, 1968 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jimmy Hoffa-Hoffa's Influence and Control After 1967
1968 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jeff Bezos-Adoption
1968 - U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Slayton offered Armstrong the Post of Commander of Apollo 11
Monday Dec 23, 1968 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1968
1968 - Vietnam