1968 Calendar
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 1, 1968 – Canada’s three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
- February 16, 1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
- February 24, 1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
- March 18, 1968 – Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
- April 4, 1968 – AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
- April 6, 1968 – In Richmond, Indiana’s downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
- May 22, 1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
- May 27, 1968 – The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
- July 1, 1968 – The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
- July 10, 1968 – Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France.
- July 18, 1968 – The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.
- August 2, 1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
- October 14, 1968 – Vietnam War: 27 soldiers are arrested at the Presidio of San Francisco in California for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War.
- October 18, 1968 – The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a “black power” salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
- October 22, 1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
- November 17, 1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
- December 24, 1968 – Apollo Program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
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