Vietnam War: Tet Offensive Halted, Hué Recaptured by South Vietnamese Forces, February 24, 1968

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…

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 → 📅 Other events on December…

Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans. Date: December 21, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 21 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)…

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 1968Soyuz 3 Achieves First Soviet Space Rendezvous, October 26, 1968Canadian Forces Unify Navy, Army, Air Force February 1, 1968Alexander…

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 → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Apollo 8 First Humans…