Operation Igloo White Begins Installation to Stop Communist Infiltration, January 22, 1968

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 → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Intel is founded in Mountain View, California. Date: July 18, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 18 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Mauritius Gains Independence from United Kingdom March 12, 1968Charles de Gaulle Returns, Dissolves French Assembly, May 30, 1968Surveyor…

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) More events from 1968Rodney Riots Rock Kingston, Jamaica, October 16, 1968Lyndon…

An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261. Date: August 2, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968NASA Launches Apollo 6 — April 4, 1968Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of…

Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. Date: November 11, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Aeroflot Flight 1668 crashes near Olyokminsk, killing 45. Date: January 6, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 6 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968USS Scorpion Sinks with 99 Aboard, May 22, 1968Apollo 5 Launches First Lunar Module into Space January…