1968 Calendar
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1968 Historical Event(s)
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.
February 25, 1968
– Vietnam War: 135 unarmed citizens of Ha My village in South Vietnam’s Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Ha My massacre.
March 21, 1968
– Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah.
July 1, 1968
– Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO.
July 10, 1968
– Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France.
July 23, 1968
– Glenville Shootout: in Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
October 14, 1968
– Jim Hines of the United States of America becomes the first man ever to break the so-called “ten-second barrier” in the 100-meter sprint in the Summer Olympic Games held in Mexico City with a time of 9.95 seconds.
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 23, 1968
– The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
Who Were Born On 1968?
January 5, 1968
– DJ Bobo, Swiss singer
January 13, 1968
– Traci Bingham, American actress
February 15, 1968
– Mieke Suys, Belgian triathlete
April 12, 1968
– Adam Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
July 7, 1968
– Allen Payne, American actor
July 19, 1968
– Robert Flynn, American vocalist and guitarist (Machine Head)
July 27, 1968
– Julian McMahon, Australian actor
October 9, 1968
– Troy Anthony Davis, American high-profile death row inmate and human rights activist (d. 2011)
December 8, 1968
– Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator