Braniff Flight 352 Crashes Near Dawson, Texas, 85 Killed, May 3, 1968
Date: May 3, 1968
Date: May 3, 1968
Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew. Date: September 11, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 11 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Gateway Arch Dedicated in St. Louis, Missouri May 25, 1968Garuda Indonesian…
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. Date: April 11, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 11 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Cold War: Albania…
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-ΓlysΓ©es in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France. Date: May 30, 1968 Read more on…
A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage. Date: April 11, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 11 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vietnam War: Viet Cong Attack U.S….
MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 crashes near Port Hedland, Western Australia, killing all 26 people on board. Date: December 31, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 31 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Warsaw Pact Invades Czechoslovakia, Crushing Prague Spring, August…
Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: October 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 16 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Tommie Smith and John Carlos Ejected from U.S. Olympic Team,…