21 events found for 1968
Enoch Powell, a British Conservative member of Parliament, made a controversial speech in opposition to immigration and
Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada, succeeding Lester B
South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 dea
The controversial Broadway musical Hair, a product of the counterculture of the 1960s, opened, with its songs becoming a
About 200 students at Bucks County Community College held a protest after the college canceled a planned speech by gay r
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action
American radical feminist Valerie Solanas shot and wounded visual artist Andy Warhol and two others at Warhol's New York
The Royal New Zealand Navy adopted a unique white ensign, to distinguish its vessels from those of the Royal Navy
Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (pictured), the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in…
The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at…
A shootout between police and a Black power group began in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking three days of rioting.
After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged presidential election, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South…
The Beatles released "Hey Jude", which became the then-longest single to top the UK charts.
The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention opened in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes (pictured) between…
The Soviet Union's Zond 5 landed in the Indian Ocean, becoming the first spacecraft to safely return to Earth after…
The Beatles completed the recording of John Lennon's song "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", regarded by all the band members…
Apollo 7, the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched…
At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob Beamon (pictured) achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft)…
At the height of the Japanese university protests, protesters occupied Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and clashed violently…