Date: April 8, 1968
Eighty-five people are killed when Braniff International Airways Flight 352 crashes near Dawson, Texas. Date: May 3, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968USS Scorpion Sinks with 99 Men Aboard, May 22, 1968Civil Air…
Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God. Date: June 30, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 30 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Lyndon B. Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1968, Housing Discrimination Ban, April 11,…
A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage. Date: April 11, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers โMountaintopโ…
Vietnam War, Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. Date: January 21, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 21 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Lyndon B. Johnson Declares National Mourning for…
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day. Date: April 3, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968My Lai Massacre: 347โ500 Vietnamese Killed by…
Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyแป n Vฤn Lรฉm by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyแป n Ngแปc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams. Date: February 1, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 1 ๐ Events…