Date: January 24, 1968
Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S. Date: November 17, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on this day in 1968…
Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: October 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Great Drought of 1968: Chile Decrees Daylight Saving Time, October…
James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport. Date: June 8, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Civil Air Transport Flight 010 Crashes in Taiwan,…
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 1968Japan’s…
Vietnam War: The Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre occurs, allegedly by South Korean troops. Date: February 12, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vietnam War Battle of Khe Sanh Begins January 21, 1968United…
A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea. Date: October 30, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…