1968 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
2526272829  
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      

April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930    
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      

July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    

What Happened In Year 1968?

  • January 21, 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
  • January 30, 1968 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
  • February 12, 1968 – Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.
  • February 24, 1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
  • March 6, 1968 – Three black males are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
  • April 9, 1968 – Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • April 10, 1968 – Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
  • April 11, 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
  • May 24, 1968 – FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
  • June 3, 1968 – Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
  • June 5, 1968 – U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy dies the next day.
  • June 30, 1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
  • September 11, 1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
  • September 15, 1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
  • September 24, 1968 – Swaziland joins the United Nations.
  • October 14, 1968 – The first live telecast from a manned spacecraft, the Apollo 7, launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S.A.
  • November 11, 1968 – 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.
  • November 12, 1968 – Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations.
  • November 26, 1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.

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