Pan Am Flight 799 Crashes at Elmendorf Air Force Base, December 26, 1968
Date: December 26, 1968
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Date: December 26, 1968
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Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate. Date: August 20, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 20 π Events on this day in…
Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation. 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 1968Edson LuΓs Killed by Military Police at Student…
The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world. Date: December 31, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 31 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Soyuz 2 Launches October 25, 1968Vietnam War Battle of Khe…
Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO. Date: March 21, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 21 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Civil Air Transport Flight…
Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFLβCIO in the United States. Date: July 1, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 1 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968NASA Launches Apollo 6 β April 4, 1968U.S. Army Nerve Gas…
Baggeridge Colliery closes, marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country. Date: March 2, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 2 π Events on this day in 1968 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1968B-52 Crash Near Thule Air Base Nuclear Contamination…