Date: October 14, 1968
Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest. Date: March 28, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Alexandros Panagoulis Assassination Attempt on Papadopoulos in…
Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans. Date: December 21, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 21 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)…
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Date: June 9, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968U.S. Army Nerve Gas Test Kills…
As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead. Date: March 17, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Zodiac Killer…
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries. Date: July 1, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968USS Scorpion Sinks with 99 Aboard,…
A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster. Date: November 20, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More…