Richard Nixon Elected 37th U.S. President – November 5, 1968
Date: November 5, 1968
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Date: November 5, 1968
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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…
Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact. Date: September 13, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968USS Pueblo Seized by Korean People’s Navy, January 23, 1968Pan Am Flight 799 Crashes at Elmendorf Air Force…
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…
Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO. Date: March 21, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 21 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1968First 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone…
Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS). Date: December 9, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day…
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 โ ๐ Other events on July 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1968 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events…