1968
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Gives a Cape Town dentist a heart that lasts for 19 months
Waters contributes to A Saucerful of Secrets as Pink Floyd shifts beyond the Barrett period
Pink Floyd release A Saucerful of Secrets, their first album with David Gilmour
Rumours of coalition Government & abdication of the Queen cause stock market panic. Rumours of coalition Government & abdication cause stock market panic
Launches reforms known as socialism with a human face.
Allows the American embassy in Phnom Penh to reopen
Enters the presidential race while criticizing Vietnam policy
Is selected to command Apollo 11 after serving as Apollo 8 backup commander.
Offers Neil Armstrong command of Apollo 11 after Armstrong backs up Apollo 8.
Apollo 5 tests the lunar module in Earth orbit.
Apollo 6 conducts the second uncrewed Saturn V test.
Serves as lunar module pilot on Apollo 7.
Serves as command module pilot on the first crewed Apollo mission.
Serves among the Apollo 7 flight directors.
Works as a flight director during Apollo 7.
Helps direct the first crewed Apollo mission from Mission Control.
Commands Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo spacecraft mission.
Tests life-support, electrical and crew systems in the redesigned Apollo command module.
Leads the first live television broadcast from an American crewed spacecraft.
Manually assists a long Service Propulsion System burn that verifies engine performance and propellant monitoring.
Controls a brief Service Propulsion System firing to test minimum-impulse performance.
Performs navigation and spacecraft systems checks during the eleven-day Apollo 7 engineering mission.
Returns with the Apollo 7 crew after the first successful crewed test of Apollo spacecraft systems.
Helps conduct the first Service Propulsion System burn of Apollo 7 during rendezvous preparations.
Appears in later Apollo 7 television broadcasts showing the spacecraft interior and crew operations.
Serves as lunar module pilot on Apollo 8.
Commands Apollo 8 on the first crewed flight to the Moon.
Congratulates the Apollo 8 crew during the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon.
Serves as command module pilot on Apollo 8.
Participates in the Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit.
Participates in the Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit and closes the crew's message to Earth.
Photographs Earth and the lunar horizon during Apollo 8's historic lunar-orbit mission.
Observes Earth rising above the lunar horizon with the Apollo 8 crew during lunar orbit.
Commands Apollo 8 as the crew passes behind the Moon and loses radio contact with Earth.
Participates in the Christmas Eve Genesis reading broadcast to Earth from lunar orbit.
Observes and photographs lunar terrain to support planning for later Apollo landing missions.
Conducts landmark tracking and navigation observations during Apollo 8 lunar orbit.
Commands the second lunar-orbit insertion burn, circularizing Apollo 8's orbit around the Moon.
Serves as lunar module pilot during Apollo 8's first lunar-orbit insertion burn.
Commands the burn that places Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.
Serves as command module pilot during the burn that places Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.
Photographs lunar terrain and prospective landing areas during Apollo 8’s ten lunar orbits.
Uses Apollo navigation procedures during the translunar coast to refine the spacecraft trajectory.
Returns through Earth's atmosphere with Borman and Lovell after the first crewed lunar-orbit mission.
Commands Apollo 8 through Earth reentry before splashdown in the Pacific.
Supports navigation and spacecraft operations during Apollo 8's return and reentry.
Returns from Apollo 8 after ten lunar orbits.
Returns to Earth with Borman and Lovell after the first crewed lunar-orbit mission.
Commands the engine burn that sends Apollo 8 out of lunar orbit toward Earth.
Serves as command module pilot during the burn that sends Apollo 8 from lunar orbit toward Earth.
Commands Apollo 8 as the Saturn V third stage sends the crew from Earth orbit toward the Moon.
Apple Corps, Ltd. begins operating in London. It is the Beatles attempt to take control of their own creative and economic destiny
Apple Corps, Ltd. begins operating in London. It is the Beatles attempt to take control of their own creative and economic destiny
Beatles Hey Jude and Mary Hopkins Those Were the Days released, launching Apple Records
Beatles Hey Jude and Mary Hopkins Those Were the Days released, launching Apple Records
King Idris appoints al-Qaddafi as the monarchy's final prime minister.
I participates in arab summit connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, is taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue
Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in 2 department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; they are later arrested and sentenced for arson
Police arrest Baader and his comrades for the arson
Jones is arrested a second time on 21 May 1968, for possession of cannabis, which Jones said had been left by previous tenants of the flat, he is facing a long jail sentence if found guilty owing to his probation, the jury find him guilty
Jones is arrested a second time, for marijuana possession
The Stones wanted to tour the United States in 1969 for the first time in three years, but Jones second arrest exacerbates problems with US immigration, Jones is unable to acquire a work visa.
but the judge had sympathy for Jones; instead of jailing him he fines him pounds 50 plus pounds 105 in costs and told him: "For goodness sake, dont get into trouble again or it really will be serious".
Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in 2 department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; they are later arrested and sentenced for arson
Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport
Member of group who set fire to a Frankfurt dept store in protest against consumerism
President Lyndon B. Johnson mandates that all computers purchased by the federal Government support the ASCII character encoding
President Lyndon B. Johnson mandates that all computers purchased by the federal Government support the ASCII character encoding
Five days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader
King goes to Memphis, Tennessee, in support of the black sanitary public works employees, represented by AFSCME Local 1733, who had been on strike since March 12 for higher wages and better treatment
Johnson declares a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader
King is booked in room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, owned by Walter Bailey, in Memphis, while standing on the motel's 2nd floor balcony, King is shot at 6:01 p.m. Five days later, President Lyndon B.
King is pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 p.m.
King returns to Memphis and addresses a rally, delivering his "I've been to the Mountaintop" address at Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ, Inc. - World Headquarters), King's flight to Memphis had been delayed by a bomb threat against his plane.
The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities.
Shot dead while stepping out onto a motel room balcony in Memphis
Two months after King's death, escaped convict James Earl Ray is captured at London Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the United Kingdom on a false Canadian passport in the name of Ramon George Sneyd. Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport
Assassinated in a hotel after leaving a primary victory celebration
The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring
The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring
Begins the Baunsgaard Government in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.
"The Lady Madonna" is released as a single with "The Inner Light" as the "B" side, the 1st Harrison composition to be released on a Beatles single
Apple Corps, Ltd. begins operating in London. It is the Beatles attempt to take control of their own creative and economic destiny
John Lennon and Yoko Ono exhibit their first official joint venture at the Arts Lab in London. Soon after, they plant acorns outside Coventry Cathedral as a conceptual "living arts sculpture"
John Lennon moves out of his house in Weybridge, he and Yoko Ono move into Ringo Starrs apartment in Montague Square
Apple Corps, Ltd. begins operating in London. It is the Beatles attempt to take control of their own creative and economic destiny
John Lennon and Yoko Ono exhibit their first official joint venture at the Arts Lab in London. Soon after, they plant acorns outside Coventry Cathedral as a conceptual "living arts sculpture"
John Lennon moves out of his house in Weybridge, he and Yoko Ono move into Ringo Starrs apartment in Montague Square
Produces Beggars Banquet for the Rolling Stones.
North Korean commandos attempt to attack South Koreas president.
Announces a partial bombing halt and says he will not seek reelection
Announces a partial bombing halt and says he will not seek reelection
Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in 2 department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; they are later arrested and sentenced for arson
Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in 2 department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; they are later arrested and sentenced for arson
The bombing of Kampuchea is only officially acknowledged in 1973. Exposes the secret bombings of Kampuchea
The Vietcong do not agree to negotiation conditions. The US announces a cessation of bombing & that negotiations will begin
Announces cessation of bombing north of the Twentieth parallel to negotiate a solution
Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the presidential election. Announces bombing in North Vietnam will stop
Calls a complete halt to the bombing of North Vietnam during diplomatic talks
Warsaw Pact leaders meeting at Bratislava affirm Marxism-Leninism and collective responsibility for defending socialism.
In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established
The Bratislava Declaration aaffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism and declares an implacable struggle against bourgeois ideology and all antisocialist forces.
The policy later called the Brezhnev Doctrine asserts a Soviet right to defend Communist rule within the Eastern Bloc.
Delivers a tough Budget aimed at restoring financial confidence after devaluation.
Roy Jenkins presents a severe Budget raising approximately 923 million pounds in additional taxation.
Presents a restrictive Budget designed to reduce demand and restore financial stability.
Dalglish makes his first team competitive debut coming on from the bench for Charlie Gallagher in Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie at Hamilton Academical at Douglas Park
Appointed Member of Central Committee
Appointed President of the Revolutionary Command Council
Appointed Chairman of the Provisional Junta
Shaw formally sought a change of venue on February 19, 1968, citing the extensive publicity surrounding the case.
Leads a worldwide Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit.
Conducts direct talks with Alexander Dubcek and the Czechoslovak leadership over the Prague Spring reforms.
Appointed CINCPAC
Civil rights disturbances occur at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken up by highway patrolmen; 3 college students are killed
Students at Howard University signal a new era of militant student activism on college campuses in the US, students stage rallies, protests and a 5-day sit-in, laying siege to the administration building, shutting down the university
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
Presides as constitutional civilian government is restored
Appointed Commander of the US forces in Vietnam
Appointed Commander of the US forces in Vietnam
Appointed Commander in Chief
Supports Donovan at the Royal Albert Hall.
Tyrannosaurus Rex play the Royal Festival Hall.
Ceausescu publicly condemns the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Peace talks begin in Paris with North Vietnamese officials
Shapes Conservative policy on Europe economic reform and industrial relations.
Dubcek returns from the Kremlin announces the repeal of democratic reforms
The Revolutionary Command Council provides supreme executive & legislative authority
Administrative reforms in Romania divide the country into 39 counties
Jones purchases Cotchford Farm in East Sussex, formerly owned by Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne
Ceausescu's government replaces regions with counties in a national administrative reform.
Assists in the coup by breaking into the Presidential Palace
Assists in the coup by breaking into the Presidential Palace
Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London
Overthrown by a Baathist coup
Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London
Masterminds the Baathist siezure of power
Masterminds the Baathist siezure of power
The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the coup. The Baath Party come to power
The Baath Party come to power
1st day of a coup that brings the Baath Party to power
Breaks into the Presidential Palace & holds a gun to the Presidents head
Breaks into the Presidential Palace & holds a gun to the Presidents head
The Baath Party come to power
Helps the Baathist take possession of the Presidential Palace. Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London
Helps the Baathist take possession of the Presidential Palace
Creams farewell album, Goodbye, features live performances recorded live at The Forum, Los Angeles, October 19, 1968, and it is released shortly after Cream disbanded in 1968
Rumours of coalition Government & abdication of the Queen cause stock market panic
Releases Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, a deliberately stylised tribute to doo-wop and 1950s vocal-group music.
France joined the other EEC members in completing the customs union and abolishing internal customs duties.
The Kinks release Days.
Debora is released and reaches number 34 in the UK chart.
Dalglish makes his first team competitive debut coming on from the bench for Charlie Gallagher in Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie at Hamilton Academical at Douglas Park
In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established
Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration.
The Bratislava Declaration aaffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism and declares an implacable struggle against bourgeois ideology and all antisocialist forces.
Wilson and Healey announce carrier cuts and withdrawals from major bases east of Suez.
Returns as Minister of National Defence before the 1970 crisis
The Government accelerates withdrawal from military commitments east of Suez to reduce future defence costs.
Kerensky develops his views through democratic opposition after 1917.
The "Valle Giulia" student protest in Rome leads to a long period of violent disputes
In ongoing campus unrest, Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the ROTC program on campus and the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the US Selective Service System
At a White House conference on crime, singer and actress Eartha Kitt denounces the Vietnam War to Lady Bird Johnson while attending a "ladies lunch"
Civil rights disturbances occur at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken up by highway patrolmen; 3 college students are killed
A demonstration in London's Grosvenor Square against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War leads to violence; 91 people are injured, 200 demonstrators arrested
Students at Howard University signal a new era of militant student activism on college campuses in the US, students stage rallies, protests and a 5-day sit-in, laying siege to the administration building, shutting down the university
In ongoing campus unrest, Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the ROTC program on campus and the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the U.S. Selective Service System
In ongoing campus unrest, Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the ROTC program on campus and the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the U.S. Selective Service System
At a White House conference on crime, singer and actress Eartha Kitt denounces the Vietnam War to Lady Bird Johnson while attending a "ladies lunch"
Anti War demonstrations are held in London
Explains the merger creating the Department of Health and Social Security to the House of Commons.
Pink Floyd announce that Barrett has left the band
Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Baath Party, in charge of security
Soviet forces detain Alexander Dubcek and other Czechoslovak reform leaders during the Warsaw Pact intervention.
After devaluation, Wilson and Healey announce carrier cuts and withdrawals from bases east of Suez.
Calls a complete halt to the bombing of North Vietnam during diplomatic talks
The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the coup
Liu Shaoqi is removed from all posts and expelled from the party during the Cultural Revolution
Edward Heath dismisses him from the Conservative shadow cabinet one day after the controversial Birmingham immigration speech.
Mao orders educated youth to go to the countryside and be re-educated by poor and lower-middle peasants
Joins Warsaw Pact leaders in criticizing the direction of political reforms in Czechoslovakia.
Commands the crew that first sees Earthrise from lunar orbit.
Photographs Earthrise during Apollo 8 lunar orbit.
The East of Suez phrase enters political language as Labour plans withdrawal from major overseas bases.
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson endorses the I'm Backing Britain campaign for working an additional half hour each day without pay
The TUC rejects Statutory Incomes Policy & approves voluntary wage restraint
Johnson calls for the non-conversion of the U.S. dollar
The Congress of the United States repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back U.S. currency
The Mulungushi Reforms, the Government declares its intention to acquire an equity holding (51% or more) in key foreign-owned firms, controlled by the Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO)
The planned increase in the school leaving age is postponed to reduce short-term public expenditure.
Heads the German government when the EEC customs union is completed ahead of the original Treaty of Rome timetable.
Heads the Italian government when customs duties between EEC members are abolished completely.
Serves as foreign minister when the EEC customs union reaches completion.
Defeated by Richard Nixon by 31.7 million to 31.2 million votes
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson edges out antiwar candidate Eugene J. McCarthy in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, a vote which highlights the deep divisions in the country, as well as the party, over Vietnam
President Johnson announces he will not seek re-election
Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the presidential election
US Senator Robert F. Kennedy enters the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination
Elected Member of Lambeth Council, Ferndale ward
Releases Album, "Electric Ladyland"
The First Cernik Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
The First Krag Premiership ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.
The First Vanden Boeynants Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.
Completes the Fourth Presidential Term as President of Iceland.
The Lenart Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Tours Europe with The Doors during their rising fame.
Duties on petrol, tobacco and alcoholic drinks are increased to raise revenue and restrict consumption.
Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London
Forces Nayif into exile by threatening him with a gun at Barkrs office
Liu Shaoqi is expelled from the Communist Party as the main capitalist-roader target
Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, including the Fair Housing Act.
Family allowances are increased while child tax allowances are reduced to redirect assistance toward families with children.
Shaw filed a federal lawsuit on May 27, 1968, seeking to stop the state conspiracy prosecution.
A three-judge federal court considered Shaw's constitutional challenges to the pending state conspiracy prosecution in 1968.
Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor
Supports federalisation creating Czech and Slovak republics.
Begins the Fifth and Sixth Eyskens Governments in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.
Finance Act 1968 gives statutory effect to the main taxation measures announced in the March Budget.
Begins the First Cernik Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Commands the first crewed test of the redesigned Apollo command and service module.
Begins the First Presidential Term as President of Iceland.
Becomes party leader and begins the Prague Spring.
Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czech
With a Little Help from My Friends reaches number one on the UK singles chart.
Becomes one of the first humans to see the Moon’s far side when Apollo 8 passes behind it.
I participates in foreign policy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
Appointed Foreign Minister
A group of terrorists set fire to a Frankfurt store in protest against consumerism
The Dubcek reforms go too far for Russia and Russia invades. Russian troops and vehicles cross the Czech border at 18 points without any resistance
The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces. The relaxation after the Prague Spring ends when 200,000 Soviet troops invade Czech.
Dubcek calls upon his people not to resist
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000.
The occupation is followed by a wave of emigration, unseen before and stopped shortly after (estimate: 70,000 immediately, 300,000 in total), typically of highly qualified people.
The Russians increase their occupation force to 650,000. Dubcek returns from the Kremlin announces the repeal of democratic reforms
The Czech National Assembly declares the Soviet occupation illegal
Dubcek bans political clubs
At the 14th KSC Party Congress (conducted secretly, immediately following the intervention), it was emphasised that no member of the leadership had invited Russian intervention
Czech leaders visit Moscow and agree to dismantle reforms
Russia and Czech sign a Treaty on the withdrawal of Warsaw Pact forces from Czech
Johnson signs legislation eliminating statutory gold reserve requirements for United States and Federal Reserve notes.
Given responsibility for national security
Nominated to stand for Presidential office by the Republican Party
Will restore the National Security Council to its preeminent role in national security
Appointed President of the USA, 37th President, 1st term
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Restores the governor-general office after military rule ends
Signs the Gun Control Act of 1968 after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.
Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967, and Dylan makes his first live appearance in twenty months at a Guthrie memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968
Releases Hello I Love You as a chart-topping single.
Hijacking of an El Al Airliner by the PLO
Performs a filmed concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
Commands South Vietnamese forces during the battle to retake Hue
France explodes a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific & becomes the 5th nuclear power
Holds talks with Ian Smith about Rhodesia on board HMS Fearless at Gibraltar
The Anglo-Rhodesian talks in Salisbury end in deadlock
Holds talks with Ian Smith about Rhodesia on board HMS Fearless at Gibraltar
The Anglo-Rhodesian talks in Salisbury end in deadlock
The Mulungushi Reforms, the Government declares its intention to acquire an equity holding (51% or more) in key foreign-owned firms, controlled by the Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO)
The Government secures further international financial support while seeking to rebuild confidence in sterling.
Says China will not be invaded by Russia which is "saber rattling"
The Rolling Stones release Jumpin Jack Flash and return to a harder blues-rock sound.
PAVN pressure around Khe Sanh diverts American attention before Tet
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
Killed after helping rescue other personnel during the fall of Lima Site 85
Killed after helping rescue other personnel from Lima Site 85
Hmong and US-linked forces lose the strategic radar site.
Faces the loss of the secret US radar site at Phou Pha Thi.
Loses a radar support site used for air operations over Laos.
Publicly articulates the principle of limited sovereignty later widely known as the Brezhnev Doctrine.
Central banks end London Gold Pool operations and establish a two-tier gold market.
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Shaw's application for review of the venue decision on April 23, 1968.
Releases Lumpy Gravy, an orchestral and tape-collage work credited as his first solo album.
Replaces William Westmoreland as commander of MACV
Release Magic Bus as a single.
Releases Marjorine, which becomes his first entry on the UK singles chart and peaks at number 48.
A massacre by US troops, allegedly under the orders of Lt Calley
Meets Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin & proposes a negotiating channel with North Vietnam
Appointed Member of Secretariat of the Communist Party
Traore establishes the Military Committee for National Liberation as Mali's governing authority.
Takes power through the Anti-Corruption Revolutionary Movement
Traore leads the coup that removes President Modibo Keita from power.
Oversees negotiations resulting in the Moscow Protocol after the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Dubcek and other detained Czechoslovak leaders are taken to Moscow for negotiations with the Soviet leadership.
The Mulungushi Reforms, the Government declares its intention to acquire an equity holding (51% or more) in key foreign-owned firms, controlled by the Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO)
Helps rescue civilians during the My Lai massacre
Helps Hugh Thompson protect civilians at My Lai
Intervenes to protect Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre
Leads a platoon involved in the My Lai massacre
The Czech National Assembly declares the Soviet occupation illegal
The military government seizes International Petroleum Company facilities at Talara
The Transport Act receives Royal Assent, reorganising state transport bodies and extending public control of transport services.
Releases his self-titled debut solo album after leaving Buffalo Springfield.
Challenges Johnson's Vietnam policy in the Democratic presidential primary
Orders Operation Niagra after the Viet Cong strke Khe Sanh
Implements nine-year compulsory education, extending the previous six-year system and broadening access to secondary schooling.
North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty opens for signature in Washington, London and Moscow.
Signs the treaty limiting spread of nuclear weapons technology.
Signs the Treaty announcing talks are to take place on nuclear strategic arms limitation
France explodes a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific & becomes the 5th nuclear power
McNamara approves a sortie rate of 1,200 effective from 1st Feb
McNamara approves a sortie rate of 1,200 effective from 1st Feb
Over 100,000 begin an offensive against communist forces in 11 provinces around Saigon
The monthly sortie rate is increased to 1,800
Operation Pegasus begins to relieve the Marine base at Khe Sanh.
Brought to a halt, emphasis is placed on the trail network in Laos
Handles Soviet diplomacy as US-North Vietnamese talks open in Paris
Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the presidential election
A message is sent to Hanoi indicating an interest in a peace settlement
Preconditions to cease bombing are made informal, they are still rejected
Dave Gilmour steps in to play guitar when Syd is unable to play at Brighton
During a meeting at their Ladbroke Road offices, Syd is asked to stop touring and contributing material
A statement is issued to the press announcing that Syd has left the band
Dave Gilmour steps in to play guitar when Syd is unable to play at Brighton
Gilmour formally joins Pink Floyd as guitarist and vocalist
"Point Me At The Sky" and "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" are recorded at Abbey Road Studios
17 spies go on trial, 14 are hung
11 Jewish spies are hung & left suspended in Liberation Sqr
The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring
The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring
The Soviet leadership approves military intervention against the Prague Spring reform movement.
Works on political military aspects of the Tet Offensive
After the dissolution of Mythology, Ward and Iommi, along with Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler, found a new band, the Polka Tulk Blues Band, later called Earth and finally renamed Black Sabbath
Tony Iommi & Bill Ward were in a band called Mythology and Geezer Butler with Ozzy in a band called Rare Breed, these groups broke up and form the Polka Tulk Blues Band.
Tony Iommi & Bill Ward were in a band called Mythology and Geezer Butler with Ozzy in a band called Rare Breed, these groups broke up and form the Polka Tulk Blues Band
Tony Iommi & Bill Ward were in a band called Mythology and Geezer Butler with Ozzy in a band called Rare Breed, these groups broke up and form the Polka Tulk Blues Band
Starts when Alexander Dubcek comes to power and runs until August 20 when the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania) invade the country
Becomes leader of Czechoslovakia during reform period.
Dubcek launches an Action Programme of liberalisations which include increased freedom of the press, emphasis on consumer goods, and the possibility of a more democratic multi-party Government
Announces the Fourteenth Party Congress will convene on September 9 and incorporate the Action Programme into the party statutes, draft a federalization law, and elect a new Central Committee
Brezhnev and the leadership of the Warsaw Pact countries are concerned about Dubcek's reforms, which they fear weaken the position of the Communist Bloc during the Cold War
Warsaw Pact military practice manoeuvres are held in Czechoslovakia in late June. Russia agrees with Czechoslovakia to withdraw their troops (still stationed in Czechoslovakia since the June maneuvers) and permit the September 9 Party Congress.
Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration
In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established
The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces
Dubcek calls upon his people not to resist
Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, is taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue.
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000.
The occupation is followed by a wave of emigration, unseen before and stopped shortly after (estimate: 70,000 immediately, 300,000 in total), typically of highly qualified people.
At the 14th KSC Party Congress (conducted secretly, immediately following the intervention), it was emphasised that no member of the leadership had invited Russian intervention
The Government announces the restoration of prescription charges as part of its public expenditure programme.
Appointed President of Ecuador, 5th term
Appointed President of Indonesia, 1st term, by the Peoples Consultative Assembly
Appointed President of Panama
Appointed President of Poland
Appointed Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party
Senghor wins another presidential term
Rafael Caldera won a closely contested presidential election as the COPEI candidate.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Becomes prime minister after winning the Liberal leadership.
Appointed Prime Minister of Czech Rep
Appointed Prime Minister of Iraq
Appointed Prime Minister of Portugal, succeeds Salazar
Restored as Prime Minister after the military regime collapses
The Government announces major expenditure reductions to redirect resources toward exports and defend the devalued pound.
Secures Cabinet approval for substantial reductions in domestic and overseas spending.
Purchase tax rates are increased as part of a fiscal package designed to reduce consumer spending.
Expelled from the CCP
The Revolutionary Command Council provides supreme executive & legislative authority
Tries to introduce more contact with the west and socialism with a human face
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
Appoints 100 Baathist officers to the Republican Guards
Resigns as Prime Minister of Porrtugal
British Foreign Secretary George Brown resigns
British Foreign Secretary George Brown resigns
Zhou Enlai calls for order and discipline as factional violence disrupts government and production
Forms a restored APC government after returning to office
Announces decision to retire
Appointed President of the Revolutionary Command Council
Mao promotes revolutionary committees combining cadres, masses and soldiers as new local governments
The Rolling Stones "Rock and Roll Circus", part concert, part circus-act film organized by the band, It goes unreleased for 25 years because Mick Jagger is unhappy with the bands performance compared to other bands in the film, such as Jethro Tull
With personal relations between Jones and Richards increasingly frayed, the release of the single "Jumpin Jack Flash" and, later the year, the album Beggars Banquet (UK #3; US #5), see a return to the bands blues roots. Aided by up-and-coming producer Jimmy Miller, Jagger and Richards produce some of their most memorable work, including "Sympathy for the Devil" and the distorted acoustic guitar-driven "Street Fighting Man"
This record states: 105 in costs and told him: "For goodness sake, dont get into trouble again or it really will be serious".
This record states: Jones is arrested a second time on 21 May 1968, for possession of cannabis, which Jones said had been left by previous tenants of the flat.
This record states: he is facing a long jail sentence if found guilty owing to his probation, the jury find him guilty but the judge had sympathy for Jones. instead of jailing him he fines him pounds 50 plus pounds.
With personal relations between Jones and Richards increasingly frayed, the release of the single "Jumpin Jack Flash" and, later the year, the album Beggars Banquet (UK #3; US #5), see a return to the bands blues roots
Jones last formal appearance with the Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, part concert, part circus-act film organized by the band, but not released for 25 years
Aided by up-and-coming producer Jimmy Miller, Jagger and Richards produce some of their most memorable work, including "Sympathy for the Devil" and the distorted acoustic guitar-driven "Street Fighting Man"
With personal relations between Jones and Richards increasingly frayed, the release of the single "Jumpin Jack Flash" and, later the year, the album Beggars Banquet (UK #3; US #5), see a return to the bands blues roots. Aided by up-and-coming producer Jimmy Miller, Jagger and Richards produce some of their most memorable work, including "Sympathy for the Devil" and the distorted acoustic guitar-driven "Street Fighting Man"
Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands are returned to Japan by the USA
Establishment of the Jewish settlemet in Hebron
Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands are returned to Japan by the USA
Participates in rendezvous operations with the spent S-IVB stage to test techniques needed for later Apollo missions.
Takes part in the South Vietnamese leadership response to Tet
Commands US II Field Force elements defending the Saigon region during Tet
Executes a Viet Cong prisoner during the Tet Offensive
Executes a Viet Cong prisoner during the Tet Offensive, captured in Eddie Adams's photograph
Takes the photograph of Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a prisoner
Takes the photograph of Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a prisoner in Saigon
Directs communist forces in the southern theater during Tet
Flies aboard the Saturn IB launch vehicle during Apollo 7.
Drums on the first New Yardbirds Scandinavian performances.
Plays bass and keyboards on the first Scandinavian dates.
Plays the first Scandinavian date under the New Yardbirds name.
Performs on the first New Yardbirds Scandinavian tour.
Appointed Secretary General of the Baath Party
Appointed Minister of Defence
Becomes the first Secretary of State for Social Services and takes charge of the new department.
The Budget raises Selective Employment Tax by 50 percent to restrain domestic demand and encourage exports.
Operation Pegasus begins to relieve the Marine base at Khe Sanh.
The PLO fedayeen repels an Israeli attack on the PLOs Jordanian bases
The PLO fedayeen repels an Israeli attack on the PLOs Jordanian bases
The Viet Cong are driven back from Saigon
The Beatles release George Harrisons "Something" as a single in the USA, Harrisons only composition on a Beatles "A" side
The Beatles release George Harrisons "Something" as a single in Britain, Harrisons only composition on a Beatles "A" side
A one-off special charge on higher personal incomes is introduced as part of the post-devaluation programme.
The TUC rejects Statutory Incomes Policy & approves voluntary wage restraint
Renewed pressure on sterling leads to an additional fiscal package intended to remove about 250 million pounds from demand.
Rumours of coalition Government & abdication cause stock market panic
The Florida Education Association (FEA) initiates a mass resignation of teachers to protest state funding of education, in effect, the first statewide teachers strike in the United States
Says will attend summit with Kosygin on Sept 30th, aborted by Soviet invasion of Czech
Sympathy for the Devil appears on Beggars Banquet.
A temporary federal restraining order was issued on May 28, 1968, while Shaw's request to halt the state prosecution was considered.
Assesses losses and political impact after the Tet Offensive
Broadcasts a widely noted assessment after reporting from Vietnam following Tet
Commands US forces as communist attacks hit cities across South Vietnam
Launches the Tet Offensive. Launches the offensive during the Tet truce while the south celebrates New Year. 70,000 troops attack 100 cities
4,000 troops reach Saigon but the offensive is routed a month later
The Tet offensive is contained by the US at the cost of 165,000 civilian lives
Communist forces attack cities and provincial capitals during Tet
Associated with overall North Vietnamese military leadership during Tet
An offensive launched by the North Vietnamese to overthrow the South Vietnamese Government
The Tet offensive is contained by the U.S. at the cost of 165,000 civilian lives. The North Vietnamese offensive is repelled but this leads to anti-war protests
Commands US forces during the Tet Offensive
Helps coordinate the high command context for the Tet Offensive
Handles British diplomacy after the Tet Offensive reshapes public debate
Responds to the Tet Offensive while sustaining Soviet support for Hanoi
Responds to the Tet Offensive and mounting questions about US strategy
Backs the Tet Offensive as a decisive political and military blow
Backs the general offensive and uprising strategy for Tet
Leads the South Vietnamese government during the Tet Offensive
Writes songs for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
Sings on The Silent Sun, the first Genesis single released through Decca.
Releases The Unknown Soldier during Vietnam War controversy.
Supports a government period in which theatre censorship is abolished.
Signs the Treaty of Friendship & Mutual Assistance with Czechoslovakia
Russia and Czech sign a Treaty on the withdrawal of Warsaw Pact forces from Czech
Baader, Ensslin, Sohnlein, and Proll are convicted of Arson, they each get three years. Baader and his girlfriend Gudrun Ensslin are convicted of the arson bombing of a department store in Frankfurt am Main
17 spies go on trial, 14 are hung
Presides over a trial which finds Shaoqi guilty & expels him from the Party
Baader, Ensslin, Sohnlein, and Proll are convicted of Arson, they each get three years
Baader, Ensslin, Sohnlein, and Proll are convicted of Arson, they each get three years
Found guilty at a trial conducted by the Plenium of the Eighth Party Congress
Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
Sings on Truth, the Jeff Beck Group album that helps shape heavy blues rock.
The Act requires standard disclosure of major consumer-credit costs and terms.
The United Nations General Assembly endorses the draft Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying
The North Koreans capture USS Pueblo, Johnson sends 26 more B-52s to the Pacific
North Korea seizes the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo.
The "Valle Giulia" student protest in Rome leads to a long period of violent disputes
The trial court conducted an extensive evidentiary hearing on Shaw's request to move the conspiracy trial away from New Orleans.
The Criminal District Court denied Shaw's change-of-venue motion on April 4, 1968.
Defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey & Governor George Wallace
Broadcasts a commentary saying the war appears stalemated
Broadcasts that the Vietnam War appears stalemated after visiting Vietnam
Speaks during Vietnam War protest activity in London.
Releases Waiting for the Sun.
Supports a Warsaw Pact warning demanding that Czechoslovak leaders defend the Communist political system.
Starts when Alexander Dubcek comes to power and runs until August 20 when the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania) invade the country
Warsaw Pact military practice manoeuvres are held in Czechoslovakia in late June. Brezhnev and the leadership of the Warsaw Pact countries are concerned about Dubcek's reforms, which they fear weaken the position of the Communist Bloc during the Cold War
In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000
Russia and Czech sign a Treaty on the withdrawal of Warsaw Pact forces from Czech
Forms a Government after Warsaw Pact occupation
Brezhnev secures support from allied Warsaw Pact leaders for intervention against the Prague Spring.
Warsaw Pact armies invade Czechoslovakia.
Warsaw Pact invasion ends the Prague Spring reforms.
Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia and end the Prague Spring reform experiment.
Releases We're Only in It for the Money, satirising contemporary counterculture and mainstream American society.
Produces the Beatles' self-titled double album, often known as the White Album.
Releases White Light White Heat, pushing the Velvet Underground toward a harsher experimental rock sound.
Releases his radical arrangement of the Beatles song With a Little Help from My Friends.
Withdraws from Vietnam without "defeat" by improving relations with China & Russia
George Harrison completes the recording work on the "Wonderwall" album
The world premiere of Harrisons film, "Wonderwall"
Beatles animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London
Beatles animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London
Death of John Ernst Steinbeck
Death of Martin Luther King Jr
Shot dead while stepping out onto a motel room balcony in Memphis
A crowd of 300,000 attend Martin Luther King's funeral
Assassinated in a hotel after leaving a primary victory celebration
Death of Robert F Kennedy
Commands communist forces in the northern battlefield during the Tet Offensive
Commands South Vietnamese forces during the battle to retake Hue
Battle of Khe Sanh: one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8
The Viet Cong try to capture a 6,000 man U.S. base with a force of 40,000. The Viet Cong lose 10,000 & are defeated
Crowned Head of State
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