Alexander Dubček Takes Power in Czechoslovakia, Beginning Prague Spring – January 5, 1968

Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest. Date: March 28, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất Massacre, Vietnam…

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 1968Alexander Dubček Takes Power…

An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261. Date: August 2, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Apollo 7 First Live Astronaut TV Broadcast in Orbit, October 14,…

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. Date: June 5, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vietnam War: Nguyen Van Lem Execution by Nguyen Ngoc Loan, February 1, 1968Johnny Cash Performs…

Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact. Date: September 13, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968South African Airways Flight 228 Crashes Near J.G. Strijdom Airport, April 20, 1968Vienna Convention on Road Traffic Signed…

Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured. Date: November 22, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 22 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Jim Hines…