China Academy of Space Technology Established in Beijing, February 20, 1968
Date: February 20, 1968
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Date: February 20, 1968
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Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive. Date: January 31, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 31 π Events on this day in 1968 π 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 β π Other events on January 22 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Warsaw Pact Invades Czechoslovakia, Crushing Prague Spring, August 20, 1968Rudi Dutschke Assassination…
Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground. Date: February 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 16 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 β π Other events on November 8 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More…
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 β π Other events on April 3 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vietnam War: TrΖ°Ζ‘ng ΔΓ¬nh Dzu Sentenced to…
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 β π Other events on March 29 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Columbia University Vietnam War Protest Shutdown…