Date: January 31, 1968
English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech. Date: April 20, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Congress of Carrara Ends, Major Anarchist Congress September 5, 1968BOAC Flight 712 Fire, Barbara…
Swaziland becomes independent. Date: September 6, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Lyndon B. Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1968, Housing Discrimination Ban, April 11, 1968Soyuz 3 Achieves First Soviet Space Rendezvous, October…
Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty." Date: December 22, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)…
American civil rights movement: An attack on Black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation leaves three dead and 28 injured in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Date: February 8, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day…
Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops. Date: March 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Apollo 8 First Successful Trans-Earth Injection from Lunar…
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated. Date: May 25, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1968Gateway Arch Dedicated in St. Louis, Missouri May 25, 1968Congress of Carrara Ends, Major Anarchist Congress…