Apollo 5 Launches First Lunar Module into Space, January 22, 1968
Date: January 22, 1968
Date: January 22, 1968
American civil rights movement: An attack on Black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation leaves three dead and 28 injured in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Date: February 8, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day…
Baggeridge Colliery closes, marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country. Date: March 2, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vietnam War: Viet Cong Attack U.S. Embassy in…
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral. Date: May 12, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Pierre Elliott Trudeau Wins Liberal Leadership, Becomes Canadian PM…
The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world. Date: December 31, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Iceland H-dagurinn: Switches from Left to Right Driving, May 26,…
Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. Date: November 11, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
In the downtown district of Richmond, Indiana, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. Date: April 6, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Johnny Cash Performs Live at Folsom State Prison, January 13,…