1968 Events

1968 "2001: A Space Odyssey" Is Published
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film version and published after the release of the film....
1968 Castle & Cooke Gains Full Ownership of Standard Fruit
Castle & Cooke acquires 100% of Standard Fruit, the second largest producer and importer of bananas.
1968 Coretta Scott King Founds The Martin Luther King Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change
Coretta Scott King started the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in the basement of the couple's home in the year following King's 1968 assassination. In 1981, th...
1968
to 1976
Ferrari Produces the Dino
Dino was a brand for mid-engined, rear-drive sports cars produced by Ferrari from 1968 to 1976. The Dino brand was meant to be used for cars with engines that had fewer than 12 cylinders,...
1968 Ford Corcel is First Produced
The Ford Corcel was a car sold by Ford Motor Company in Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. The Corcel's origins lay in the Renault 12. Willys-Overland's Brazilian operation included manufactur...
1968 Ford P68 is First Produced
The Ford P68, also commonly known as the Ford 3L GT or F3L, is a sports prototype racing car model introduced in March 1968. It was designed by Len Bailey, a Ford research engineer, funde...
1968 Ford Torino is First Produced
The Ford Torino is an intermediate car produced by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market between 1968 and 1976. It was initially an upscale version of the intermediate size...
1968 Joe Biden receives Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law
He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968, where by his own description he found it to be "the biggest bore in the world" and pulled many all-...
1968 Lake Point Tower Completed
Lake Point Tower is a high-rise residential building located on a promontory of the Lake Michigan lakefront in downtown Chicago, just north of the Chicago River at 505 North Lake Shore Dr...
1968 Neue Nationalgalerie Built
Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art, mostly by Germans, in Berlin, with its main focus on the early 20th century. It is part of the Staatliche Museen zu Ber...
1968 Nissan Laurel is First Produced
The Nissan Laurel was introduced by Nissan in 1968 as the new luxury model to slot above the 1968 Bluebird 510 & with the same sense of luxury found in the Nissan Cedric but with slightly...
1968 Nissan R381 is First Produced
The Nissan R381 was a racing car developed by Nissan Motors in 1968 for use in the Japanese Grand Prix. It was the successor to the Nissan R380-II, which had been originally developed by ...
1968 Oprah Winfrey Becomes Pregnant
Despite her dysfunctional home life, Winfrey skipped two of her earliest grades, became the teacher's pet, and by the time she was 13 received a scholarship to attend Nicolet High School ...
1968 Porsche 908 is First Produced
The Porsche 908 was a racing car from Porsche, introduced in 1968 to continue the Porsche 906/Porsche 907/Porsche 910 series of models designed under Ferdinand Piech. As the FIA had an...
1968 Porsche 909 is First Produced
The Porsche 909 "Bergspyder" was a spyder sports car designed and built by Porsche in 1968 specifically for competing in hillclimbing competitions. It was a short lived model, but its bas...
1968 Shriver Creates the Special Olympics
The first International Special Olympics Games were held in Chicago in 1968. Anne McGlone Burke, a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park District, began with the idea for a one...
1968 'The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites' is Published
The Foot Book is intended for young children, and it seeks to convey the concept of opposites through depictions of different kinds of feet. The text of The Foot Book is highly stylized, ...
1968 Volvo 164 is First Produced
The Volvo 164 was a six cylinder sedan unveiled by Volvo Cars at the Paris Motor Show early in October 1968 for the 1969 model year. The company built 146,008 examples before production e...
1968 Jan Electric Prunes release "Mass in F Minor"
Mass in F Minor is a 1968 album by the The Electric Prunes, consisting of a musical setting of the mass sung in Latin and arranged in the psychedelic style of the band. At the time of its...
1968 Jan The Bee Gees release Horizontal
Horizontal is the fourth studio album by the Bee Gees, and the second to receive an international release. The LP was released in early 1968, and included the international hit singles "M...
1968 Jan United States Air Force Launches Operation Igloo White
Operation Igloo White was a covert United States Air Force electronic warfare operation conducted from late January 1968 until February 1973, during the Vietnam War. This state-of-the-art...
1968 Jan 14 Operation Niagara I is Launched
During the last four months of 1967 a series of fierce border battles erupted in South Vietnam that cast a shadow on what had been a productive year for U.S. forces in Southeast Asia. Beg...
1968 Jan 14 Super Bowl II - Packers 33, Raiders 14
The second AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later to be known as Super Bowl II, was played on January 14, 1968 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. A...
1968 Jan 21 Battle of Khe Sanh Begins
The Battle of Khe Sanh was conducted in northwestern Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), between 21 January and 8 April 1968 during the Vietnam War. The combatants we...
1968 Jan 21 North Korean Commandos Cross DMZ in an Attempt to Assassinate South Korean President Park Chung Hee
On January 21, 1968, 31 North Korean commandos snuck into South Korea in an attempt to assassinate President Park Chung Hee. The teams, organized into groups of six, made their way throug...
1968 Jan 21 Operation Niagara II is Launched
On 21 January PAVN opened a continuous artillery barrage directed at Khe Sanh. It was also the launch day for Operation Niagara II. The Marine Direct Air Support Center (DASC), located at...
1968 Jan 22 Aretha Franklin Releases "Lady Soul"
Lady Soul is a soul album by Aretha Franklin, released on January 22, 1968 (see 1968 in music). The album was her second chart-topper, the follow-up to "Aretha Arrives" and included some ...
1968 Jan 22
4:48PM
to 1968 Jan 23
3:58AM
 Apollo 5 Mission
Apollo 5 was the first unmanned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module, which would later carry astronauts to the lunar surface. It lifted off on January 22, 1968. As with Apollo 4, this f...
1968 Jan 24 Operation Coburg Begins
Operation Coburg was an Australian military action during the Vietnam War. The operation took place between 24 January − 1 March 1968 and saw heavy fighting between the 1st Australian Tas...
1968 Jan 30
to 1968 Mar 3
 Battle of Hue
At 03:40 on the foggy morning of 31 January, allied defensive positions north of the Perfume River in the city of Hue were mortared and rocketed and then attacked by two battalions of the...
1968 Jan 30
to 1968 Mar 7
 First Battle of Saigon
Although Saigon was the focal point of the offensive, the communists did not seek a total takeover of the city. Rather, they had six primary targets to strike in the downtown area: the he...
1968 Jan 31 The Tet Offensive Begins
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began on January 31, 1968. Forces of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam, or Viet Cong, and the People's ...
1968 Feb 5 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 7-4
1968 Feb 5 Harvard defeats Boston College, 6-4
1968 Feb 6
to 1968 Feb 7
 Battle of Lang Vei
The Battle of Lang Vei was a battle of the Vietnam War fought on the night of 6 February 1968, between elements of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the United States-led Detachment...
1968 Feb 6
to 1968 Feb 18
 X Olympic Winter Games Held in Grenoble, France
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. Thirty...
1968 Feb 12 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 6-4
1968 Feb 12 Boston University defeats Harvard, 4-1
1968 Feb 25 Jimi Hendrix gets "Cynthia plaster casted"
"The Godfather of Whopper Choppers in my collection! Because this was one of my first shots at plaster casting, the end result came out kind of gnarly. I prematurely cracked the mold open,..." —Cynthia Plaster Caster
1968 Mar 4 "We're Only in It For the Money" by The Mothers of Invention Is Released
We're Only in It For the Money is an experimental rock album by The Mothers of Invention. It bridges a variety of styles and genres. The album peaked at number thirty on the Billboard 200...
1968 Mar 9 Pat Miletich Is Born
Patrick Jay Miletich (Miletić in Croatian) (born March 9, 1968 in Davenport, Iowa), is a mixed martial artist (MMA) well known for his fights within the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UF...
1968 Mar 10
to 1968 Mar 11
 Battle of Lima Site 85
The Battle of Lima Site 85 was a battle of the Vietnam War. The site was located at Phou Pha Thi—a mountain 15 miles (24 km) from the border of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or ...
1968 Mar 16 My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was the mass murder conducted by a unit of the U.S. Army on March 16, 1968 of 347 to 504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam, all of whom were civilians and a majority o...
1968 Mar 18 "The Producers" Is Released
The Producers is a 1968 comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks, which tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who attempt to cheat their investors by deliberate...
1968 Mar 20 FDA Approves Prometheus's Imuran
Preventing kidney transplant rejection along with other medicine. It may also be used to treat signs and symptoms of active rheumatoid arthritis. It may also be used for other conditions ...
1968 Mar 21 Battle of Karameh
The Battle of Karameh was fought on March 21, 1968 in the Jordanian town of Karameh between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and a combined force of the Palestine Liberation Organization (...
1968 Mar 21 Columbia University Protests Begin
The Columbia University protests of 1968 were among the many student demonstrations that occurred around the world in that year. The Columbia protests erupted over the spring of that year...
1968 Mar 23 UCLA Beats North Carolina in Final Four
The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1968 Mar 30 Noel Redding gets "Cynthia Plaster Casted"
Meeting Frank Zappa, who found the concept of "casting" both humorous and creative as an art form, Albritton found in him something of a patron. He moved Cynthia to Los Angeles, Californi...
1968 Apr 4
to 1968 Apr 8
 Riots Erupt in Washington, DC Following Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination
The Washington, D.C. riots of April 4–8, 1968 erupted with the April 4, 1968 assassination of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil unrest affected at least 110 U.S. ...