Date: December 25, 1968
Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. Date: April 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Lyndon B. Johnson Declares National…
The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time. Date: September 30, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 30 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Apollo 8 First Successful Trans-Earth Injection from Lunar Orbit December…
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 1968Gateway…
Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus. Date: December 13, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Yuri Gagarin Funeral Begins…
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 1968My Lai Massacre: Vietnamese Villagers Killed by American Troops, March 16, 1968Mauritius Gains…
Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnamese forces led by Ngo Quang Truong recapture the citadel of Hué. Date: February 24, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood”…