1968 Calendar
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1968 Historical Event(s)
- January 13, 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison
- 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.
- April 10, 1968 – Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
- April 11, 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
- May 22, 1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
- 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.
- December 9, 1968 – NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.
Who Were Born On 1968?
- February 9, 1968 – Rahul Roy, Indian actor
- February 23, 1968 – Justin Bell, British racing driver
- March 28, 1968 – Max Perlich, American actor
- July 21, 1968 – Lyle Odelein, Canadian hockey player
- November 17, 1968 – Sean Miller, American basketball coach
- November 23, 1968 – Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist
- December 2, 1968 – Darryl Kile, baseball player (d. 2002)
- December 12, 1968 – Rory Kennedy, American documentarian
- December 18, 1968 – Mark Cooper, Manager of Peterborough F.C
- December 20, 1968 – Joe Cornish, British comedian