Soyuz 2 Launches October 25, 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 1968Ba’ath Party Overthrows Abdul Rahman Arif in…

Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President. Date: July 17, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

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 → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Yuri Gagarin Funeral Begins in Moscow, Thousands…

USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by the Korean People's Navy. Date: January 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968South African Airways Flight 228 Crashes, 123 Killed, April 20, 1968China Academy of…

Viewers of the Raiders–Jets 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 → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on this day in 1968…

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war. Date: July 26, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day…