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1968 Calendar

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•  January 5, 1968 – Alexander Dubček comes to power: “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.
•  January 21, 1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
•  January 30, 1968 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
•  March 16, 1968 – General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
•  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.
•  June 9, 1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
•  September 27, 1968 – The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.
•  November 12, 1968 – Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations.
•  December 21, 1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
•  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.

•  January 2, 1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
•  April 14, 1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor
•  May 12, 1968 – Catherine Tate, British comedian
•  July 15, 1968 – Eddie Griffin, American comedian
•  July 23, 1968 – Gary Payton, American basketball player
•  August 5, 1968 – Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
•  August 7, 1968 – Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot) (d. 1998)
•  October 12, 1968 – Adam Rich, American actor
•  December 9, 1968 – Brent Price, American basketball player
•  December 16, 1968 – Lalah Hathaway, American singer