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1968 Calendar

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•  January 30, 1968 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
•  February 17, 1968 – In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
•  April 4, 1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
•  May 24, 1968 – FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
•  June 3, 1968 – Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
•  July 1, 1968 – Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO.
•  August 2, 1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
•  September 6, 1968 – Swaziland becomes independent.
•  September 13, 1968 – Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
•  December 27, 1968 – Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

•  January 17, 1968 – Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete
•  February 22, 1968 – Jayson Williams, American basketball player
•  March 19, 1968 – Tyrone Hill, American basketball player
•  March 31, 1968 – Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
•  April 7, 1968 – Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer
•  May 1, 1968 – Denise Masino, American Female bodybuilder
•  May 27, 1968 – Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player
•  October 2, 1968 – Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
•  November 7, 1968 – Mark Preston, Australian engineer
•  December 9, 1968 – Brent Price, American basketball player