Date: September 15, 1968
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Pan Am Flight 799 crashes during takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base, killing three. Date: December 26, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 26 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Battle of Karameh: Israel, Jordan, and PLO Clash March 21, 1968Gateway…
Surveyor program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A. Date: January 7, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Douglas Engelbart Debuts Mouse, Hypertext, GUI…
Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana. Date: October 1, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on October 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Yasunari Kawabata Wins Nobel Prize in Literature,…
Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom. Date: March 12, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” Speech April 20, 1968Vietnam War Battle of Khe Sanh Begins January 21, 1968Cold…
Aeroflot Flight 1668 crashes near Olyokminsk, killing 45. Date: January 6, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 6 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968NASA Launches Apollo 6 – April 4, 1968USS Pueblo Seized by North Korea, January 23, 1968Phong Nhแป…
Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis. Date: December 24, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December…