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1968 Calendar
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1968 Historical Event(s)
- January 30, 1968 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- February 11, 1968 – Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
- March 10, 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.
- 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.
- August 13, 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
- October 2, 1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre.
- October 12, 1968 – Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain
- October 14, 1968 – The first live telecast from a manned spacecraft, the Apollo 7, launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S.A.
- November 17, 1968 – British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
Who Were Born On 1968?
- February 23, 1968 – Justin Bell, British racing driver
- February 26, 1968 – J. T. Snow, American baseball player
- May 21, 1968 – Matthias Ungemach, German rower
- June 11, 1968 – Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
- September 10, 1968 – Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer
- September 28, 1968 – Rob Moroso, American NASCAR driver (d. 1990)
- November 1, 1968 – Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor
- November 15, 1968 – Jennifer Charles, American singer/songwriter
- December 17, 1968 – Andrey Golovatiuk, Russian politician
- December 26, 1968 – Dennis Knight, American professional wrestler