Date: April 8, 1968
As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead. Date: March 17, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968BOAC Flight…
A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster. Date: November 20, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. Date: September 15, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Meckering Earthquake Damages Western…
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 1968Air France Flight 212 Crashes, Killing 63 on March 5, 1968Boeing 747 Public Rollout…
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 1968British…
The Zodiac Killer murders his first two officially confirmed victims, David Arthur Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, on Lake Herman Road in Benicia, California, United States. Date: December 20, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…