Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 Crashes in Alaska, December 2, 1968

Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom. Date: March 12, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Operation Igloo White Begins Installation to Stop Communist Infiltration, January 22, 1968Iceland H-dagurinn: Switch from Left to Right…

Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring". Date: January 5, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Braniff Flight 352 Crashes Near Dawson, Texas, Killing 85 May 3, 1968Richmond Indiana…

South African Airways Flight 228 crashes near J.G. Strijdom Airport in South West Africa (now Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia), killing 123 people. 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 1968Alexander…

Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain. Date: October 12, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Swaziland Independence Declared September 6, 1968Japan Air Lines Flight 2 Ditches in San Francisco Bay, November 22, 1968Gateway Arch…

Apollo Program: Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space. Date: January 22, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Cleveland Transit System First to Offer Downtown-to-Airport Rapid Transit, November 15, 1968Pope…

Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground. Date: February 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…