Two-time Formula One British World Champion Jim Clark dies in an accident during a Formula Two race in Hockenheim. Date: April 7, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Party leadership election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon afterward. Date: April 6, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6. Date: April 4, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Date: April 4, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day. Date: April 3, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." Date: March 31, 1968 Read more…
The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, begins in Moscow, with thousands of people in attendance. Date: March 29, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)