Date: July 26, 1968
Pan Am Flight 799 crashes during takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base, killing three. Date: December 26, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 26 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Vietnam War: North Vietnamese Attack Australian Troops at Fire Support Base…
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 1968Ba’ath Party Overthrows Abdul Rahman Arif in Iraq July 17, 1968Civil Air Transport Flight 010…
Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams. Date: February 1, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events…
Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. Date: April 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968B-52 Crashes Near Thule Air…
Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive. Date: January 31, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon. Date: December 27, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Rodney Riots Rock Kingston, Jamaica, October…