Date: July 23, 1968
NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission. Date: October 11, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 11 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Operation Igloo White Begins Installation to Stop Communist Infiltration, January 22, 1968Pope Paul VI First…
Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom. Date: March 12, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vienna Convention on Road Traffic Signed to Standardize Safety Rules, November 8, 1968USS Pueblo Seized by Korean People’s…
Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S. Date: November 17, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on this day in 1968…
The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry, sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died. Date: April 10, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅…
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 1968Braniff Flight 352 Crashes Near Dawson, Texas, 85 Killed, May 3, 1968Hassanal…
Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States. 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 1968Equatorial Guinea Gains Independence from Spain, October 12, 1968First 9-1-1 Emergency…