1968 Calendar
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1968 Historical Events
- January 16, 1968 – The Youth International Party is founded.
- January 30, 1968 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- February 16, 1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
- June 3, 1968 – Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
- July 1, 1968 – The CIA’s Phoenix Program is officially established.
- August 21, 1968 – Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceauşescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
- October 5, 1968 – Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
- October 8, 1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
- December 13, 1968 – Brazilian president Artur da Costa e Silva decrees the AI-5 (or the fifth Institutional Act), which lasts until 1978 and marks the beginning of the hard times of Brazilian military dictatorship.
Who Were Born On 1968?
- February 10, 1968 – Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player
- June 13, 1968 – Denise Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
- July 5, 1968 – Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
- July 12, 1968 – Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer
- July 30, 1968 – Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers)
- August 4, 1968 – Daniel Dae Kim, American actor
- August 19, 1968 – Mark McGuinn, country music singer
- September 8, 1968 – Ray Wilson, Scottish musician
- September 17, 1968 – Lord Jamar American emcee and actor
- December 18, 1968 – Mark Cooper, Manager of Peterborough F.C
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