Date: April 8, 1968
The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories. Date: November 8, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Apollo Program: Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space. Date: January 22, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Mauritius Gains Independence from United Kingdom March 12, 1968James Anderson Jr. First…
Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God. Date: June 30, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 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, 1968Penny Ann…
Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis. Date: December 24, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December…
Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor. Date: November 26, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 26 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On…
British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service. Date: November 17, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee April 4, 1968USS Scorpion Sinks with 99…