Yuri Gagarin Funeral Begins in Moscow, Thousands Attend – March 29, 1968
Date: March 29, 1968
Date: March 29, 1968
In the downtown district of Richmond, Indiana, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. Date: April 6, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 6 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Cold War: Albania Leaves Warsaw Pact, September 13, 1968Aeroflot Flight…
American civil rights movement: An attack on Black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation leaves three dead and 28 injured in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Date: February 8, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 8 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day…
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Date: April 4, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 4 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Meckering Earthquake Damages Western Australia, Injures 20β28 People -…
End of the Congress of Carrara, one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses. Date: September 5, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 5 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Meckering Earthquake Damages Western Australia, Injures 20β28 People – October 14,…
Aeroflot Flight 1668 crashes near Olyokminsk, killing 45. Date: January 6, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 6 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vietnam War: Viet Cong Attack U.S. Embassy in Saigon, January 31, 1968Air France Flight 1611 Crashes Off…
Viewers of the RaidersβJets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S. Date: November 17, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 17 π Events on this day in 1968…