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1968 Calendar

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•  January 23, 1968 – North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying.
•  January 30, 1968 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
•  March 16, 1968 – Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
•  March 28, 1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
•  May 12, 1968 – Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12/13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral-Balmoral.
•  September 30, 1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
•  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 – Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos.
•  December 25, 1968 – 42 Dalits are burned alive in Kilavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, India, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit labourers.
•  December 27, 1968 – Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

•  January 1, 1968 – Felix Chong, Hong Kong screenwriter
•  March 1, 1968 – Salil Ankola, Indian cricketer and TV actor
•  April 11, 1968 – Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author
•  May 23, 1968 – Guinevere Turner, American actress
•  May 27, 1968 – Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player
•  June 10, 1968 – Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer
•  June 11, 1968 – Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
•  June 13, 1968 – Spike Breakwell, British comedian
•  July 7, 1968 – Amy Carlson, American actress
•  December 18, 1968 – Casper Van Dien, American actor