Edson Luís Killed by Military Police at Student Protest, March 28, 1968

Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops. Date: March 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Orangeburg Massacre: Black Student Protest Against Segregation, February…

The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel. Date: July 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia →…

Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: October 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Warsaw Pact Invades Czechoslovakia, Crushing Prague Spring, August 20, 1968Garuda…

Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days. Date: July 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This…

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms. Date: September 11, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968U.S. Congress Repeals Gold Reserve Requirement for Currency, March…