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1968 Calendar

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•  January 21, 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
•  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.
•  June 8, 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral takes place at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City.
•  July 1, 1968 – Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO.
•  July 20, 1968 – The first Special Olympics is held.
•  September 15, 1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
•  November 8, 1968 – The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
•  December 20, 1968 – The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.

•  January 1, 1968 – Felix Chong, Hong Kong screenwriter
•  January 27, 1968 – Deb Talan, American folk singer and songwriter (The Weepies)
•  February 3, 1968 – Vlade Divac, Serbian basketball player
•  March 22, 1968 – Euronymous, Norwegian musician (d. 1993)
•  May 2, 1968 – Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress
•  June 2, 1968 – Jon Culshaw, British comedian
•  June 13, 1968 – David Gray, British musician
•  June 17, 1968 – Julie Miller, Hawaiian triathlete
•  June 21, 1968 – Sonique, British DJ
•  July 27, 1968 – Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver