Tommie Smith and John Carlos Ejected from U.S. Olympic Team, October 16, 1968

The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea. Date: December 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vietnam War Battle of Khe Sanh Begins January 21,…

Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers. Date: December 25, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc 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 → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events…

Seventy-four people were killed and 150 other injured in a stampede at a football match between Boca Juniors and Club Atlético River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Date: June 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech. Date: April 20, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất Massacre, Vietnam War February 12, 1968Edson Luís de Lima…

Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison. Date: January 13, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Swaziland Independence Declared September 6, 1968Japan’s 300 Million Yen Robbery in Tokyo, December 10, 1968Lyndon B. Johnson…