Date: October 31, 1968
The 6.5 Mw Meckering earthquake shakes the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured. Date: October 14, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day…
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…
Seventy-four people were killed and 150 other injured in a stampede at a football match between Boca Juniors and Club Atlético River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Date: June 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
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) More events from 1968Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee April 4, 1968Penny Ann Early First Woman in Men’s Pro Basketball,…
Eighty-five people are killed when Braniff International Airways Flight 352 crashes near Dawson, Texas. Date: May 3, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Boeing 747 Public Rollout Debut September 30, 1968Second Vatican Council Revokes…
Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS). Date: December 9, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day…