Rudi Dutschke Assassination Attempt Leaves Brain Damage, April 11, 1968

The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established. Date: July 1, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Tupolev Tu-144 First Civilian Supersonic Transport Flight, December 31, 1968Lyndon B. Johnson Announces Vietnam…

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…

Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, West Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France. Date: May 30, 1968 Read more on…

Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Date: April 4, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Meckering Earthquake Damages Western Australia, Injures 20–28 People -…

Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. Date: December 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968NASA Launches Apollo 6 – April 4, 1968Jim Clark Dies in…

American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." Date: March 31, 1968 Read more…