Vietnam War[]
U.S. Marine, Hue City
South Korean Tiger Division nurses
Cholon
Events[]
- 5 January – Alexander Dubček is appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, beginning an era of liberalization.[1]
- 6–18 February – The Olympic Winter Games are held in Grenoble, France.
- 27 March – Yuri Gagarin, 34, Soviet cosmonaut dies.
- 10 June: Italy wins the UEFA European Championship by defeating Yugoslavia, 2–0 in the final game replay at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy.[2]
- 21 August – A joint Warsaw Pact invasion led by the Soviet Union strikes down the Prague Spring movement in Czechoslovakia.[3]
- 12–27 October – The Olympic Sumer Games are held in Mexico City, Mexico.
- 5 November – Richard Nixon is elected President of the USA.[4]
- December – American spacecraft Apollo 8, carrying Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders inside, rounds the Moon.
References[]
- ↑ The Prague Spring (English). BBC (5 January 1968). Retrieved on 3 May 2021.
- ↑ European Championship 1968 (English). RSSSF. Retrieved on 5 July 2020.
- ↑ Russia brings winter to 'Prague Spring (English). BBC. Retrieved on 8 April 2020.
- ↑ Nixon wins close contest for president (English). BBC. Retrieved on 8 April 2020.