17 January 1968Economy of USALyndon Baines Johnson
Johnson calls for the non-conversion of the U.S. dollar
Historical records for United States of America in 1968, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Johnson calls for the non-conversion of the U.S. dollar
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"
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"
Battle of Khe Sanh: one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8
Orders Operation Niagra after the Viet Cong strke Khe Sanh
Apollo 5 tests the lunar module in Earth orbit.
North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying
North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying
Releases White Light White Heat, pushing the Velvet Underground toward a harsher experimental rock sound.
Commands US II Field Force elements defending the Saigon region during Tet
Commands US forces as communist attacks hit cities across South Vietnam
An offensive launched by the North Vietnamese to overthrow the South Vietnamese Government
Commands US forces during the Tet Offensive
Responds to the Tet Offensive and mounting questions about US strategy
The North Koreans capture USS Pueblo, Johnson sends 26 more B-52s to the Pacific
McNamara approves a sortie rate of 1,200 effective from 1st Feb
McNamara approves a sortie rate of 1,200 effective from 1st Feb
Takes the photograph of Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a prisoner
Takes the photograph of Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a prisoner in Saigon
Civil rights disturbances occur at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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 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
Shaw formally sought a change of venue on February 19, 1968, citing the extensive publicity surrounding the case.
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
Broadcasts a widely noted assessment after reporting from Vietnam following Tet
Broadcasts a commentary saying the war appears stalemated
Broadcasts that the Vietnam War appears stalemated after visiting Vietnam
The monthly sortie rate is increased to 1,800
Releases We're Only in It for the Money, satirising contemporary counterculture and mainstream American society.
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
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
Challenges Johnson's Vietnam policy in the Democratic presidential primary
Enters the presidential race while criticizing Vietnam policy
US Senator Robert F. Kennedy enters the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination
A massacre by US troops, allegedly under the orders of Lt Calley
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
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
Central banks end London Gold Pool operations and establish a two-tier gold market.
The Congress of the United States repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back U.S. currency
Johnson signs legislation eliminating statutory gold reserve requirements for United States and Federal Reserve notes.
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
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 US 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
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
Announces a partial bombing halt and says he will not seek reelection
Announces a partial bombing halt and says he will not seek reelection
Announces cessation of bombing north of the Twentieth parallel to negotiate a solution
President Johnson announces he will not seek re-election
Announces decision to retire
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
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
Releases The Unknown Soldier during Vietnam War controversy.
The trial court conducted an extensive evidentiary hearing on Shaw's request to move the conspiracy trial away from New Orleans.
Operation Pegasus begins to relieve the Marine base at Khe Sanh.
Operation Pegasus begins to relieve the Marine base at Khe Sanh.
Five days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader
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.
Apollo 6 conducts the second uncrewed Saturn V test.
Shot dead while stepping out onto a motel room balcony in Memphis
Death of Martin Luther King Jr
Shot dead while stepping out onto a motel room balcony in Memphis
The Criminal District Court denied Shaw's change-of-venue motion on April 4, 1968.
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
Over 100,000 begin an offensive against communist forces in 11 provinces around Saigon
A crowd of 300,000 attend Martin Luther King's funeral
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, including the Fair Housing Act.
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
Meets Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin & proposes a negotiating channel with North Vietnam
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Shaw's application for review of the venue decision on April 23, 1968.
Peace talks begin in Paris with North Vietnamese officials
Releases Lumpy Gravy, an orchestral and tape-collage work credited as his first solo album.
Releases Album, "Electric Ladyland"
Shaw filed a federal lawsuit on May 27, 1968, seeking to stop the state conspiracy prosecution.
A temporary federal restraining order was issued on May 28, 1968, while Shaw's request to halt the state prosecution was considered.
The Act requires standard disclosure of major consumer-credit costs and terms.
The bombing of Kampuchea is only officially acknowledged in 1973. Exposes the secret bombings of Kampuchea
Assassinated in a hotel after leaving a primary victory celebration
Assassinated in a hotel after leaving a primary victory celebration
Death of Robert F Kennedy
Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport
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
Releases Hello I Love You as a chart-topping single.
Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
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
Appointed Commander of the US forces in Vietnam
Appointed Commander of the US forces in Vietnam
Replaces William Westmoreland as commander of MACV
Releases Waiting for the Sun.
Performs a filmed concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
A three-judge federal court considered Shaw's constitutional challenges to the pending state conspiracy prosecution in 1968.
Appointed CINCPAC
Nominated to stand for Presidential office by the Republican Party
Says will attend summit with Kosygin on Sept 30th, aborted by Soviet invasion of Czech
Appointed Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party
Tours Europe with The Doors during their rising fame.
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
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.
Commands the first crewed test of the redesigned Apollo command and service module.
Preconditions to cease bombing are made informal, they are still rejected
Flies aboard the Saturn IB launch vehicle during Apollo 7.
Helps conduct the first Service Propulsion System burn of Apollo 7 during rendezvous preparations.
Participates in rendezvous operations with the spent S-IVB stage to test techniques needed for later Apollo missions.
Leads the first live television broadcast from an American crewed spacecraft.
Controls a brief Service Propulsion System firing to test minimum-impulse performance.
Manually assists a long Service Propulsion System burn that verifies engine performance and propellant monitoring.
Returns with the Apollo 7 crew after the first successful crewed test of Apollo spacecraft systems.
Signs the Gun Control Act of 1968 after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.
Will restore the National Security Council to its preeminent role in national security
Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the presidential election. Announces bombing in North Vietnam will stop
Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the presidential election
Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the presidential election
Tests life-support, electrical and crew systems in the redesigned Apollo command module.
Performs navigation and spacecraft systems checks during the eleven-day Apollo 7 engineering mission.
Appears in later Apollo 7 television broadcasts showing the spacecraft interior and crew operations.
Calls a complete halt to the bombing of North Vietnam during diplomatic talks
Calls a complete halt to the bombing of North Vietnam during diplomatic talks
Brought to a halt, emphasis is placed on the trail network in Laos
Defeated by Richard Nixon by 31.7 million to 31.2 million votes
Appointed President of the USA, 37th President, 1st term
Defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey & Governor George Wallace
Withdraws from Vietnam without "defeat" by improving relations with China & Russia
Releases Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, a deliberately stylised tribute to doo-wop and 1950s vocal-group music.
Death of John Ernst Steinbeck
A message is sent to Hanoi indicating an interest in a peace settlement
Serves as lunar module pilot on Apollo 8.
Commands Apollo 8 on the first crewed flight to the Moon.
Serves as command module pilot on Apollo 8.
Commands Apollo 8 as the Saturn V third stage sends the crew from Earth orbit toward the Moon.
Uses Apollo navigation procedures during the translunar coast to refine the spacecraft trajectory.
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.
Congratulates the Apollo 8 crew during the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon.
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.
Leads a worldwide Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit.
Commands the crew that first sees Earthrise from lunar orbit.
Photographs Earthrise during Apollo 8 lunar orbit.
Becomes one of the first humans to see the Moon’s far side when Apollo 8 passes behind it.
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.
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.
Directs 2001: A Space Odyssey, combining science fiction with pioneering visual-effects techniques.
Academy Award for Best Director The Graduate
Founder Member of The Allman Brothers
"Miami and the Siege of Chicago". "Armies of the Night"
BAFTA Award for Best Director The Graduate
Forms Bizarre Productions with manager Herb Cohen to gain greater control over recording and production projects.
Announces the cessation of bombing North of the 19th parallel in Vietnam
Sent as US representitive to propose bombing cessation but conditions are rejected
Simon & Garfunkel release, "Bookends"
Simon & Garfunkel release, "The Graduate". Simon & Garfunkel release, "Bookends"
The U.S. has lost over 31,000 lives & are losing 300 per week
Develops Celebration of the Lizard as ambitious stage material.
Attorney General Ramsey Clark convenes a medical panel whose conclusions are later compared with the Warren Commission's findings.
Stars as an Arizona deputy in Coogans Bluff, directed by Don Siegel.
Publication of "Couples"
Founder Member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Founder Member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Founder Member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Death of Albert Lewin
Uses high-energy electrons to probe protons, revealing point-like constituents inside nucleons.
Discusses US access to Kampuchea if it is invaded by North Vietnam with Sihanouk
A Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1968 and 1970
The Tet Offensive results in Johnson having to bow out of the Presidential elections
Kissinger signs on as an adviser to Richard Nixons presidential campaign
Appointed campaign manager for Richard Nixons election as President
Directs, Funny Girl
Appointed Chief of Staff for the US Army
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Army
Golden Globe Award for Best Director The Graduate
Appointed Ambassador of Germany
Clint Eastwood stars in the American revisionist western Hang Em High, featured alongside Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle, Dennis Hopper, Ed Begley, Alan Hale, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, and James MacArthur
Stars in the revisionist western Hang Em High with Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle and Dennis Hopper.
Clint Eastwood stars in the American revisionist western Hang Em High, featured alongside Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle, Dennis Hopper, Ed Begley, Alan Hale, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, and James MacArthur
Sensors are dropped on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, activity triggers off bombing raids
New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison began an investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy in the fall of 1966, after receiving several tips from Jack Martin that a man named David Ferrie may have been involved in the assassination
New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison began an investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy in the fall of 1966, after receiving several tips from Jack Martin that a man named David Ferrie may have been involved in the assassination
New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison began an investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy in the fall of 1966, after receiving several tips from Jack Martin that a man named David Ferrie may have been involved in the assassination
Johnny Cash records Live at Folsom Prison
Establishes Malpaso Productions to gain greater control over his American film projects.
Using money earned from the Dollars trilogy, accountant and Eastwood adviser Irving Leonard helps establish Eastwoods own production company, Malpaso Productions, named after Malpaso Creek on Eastwoods property in Monterey County, California
"Miami and the Siege of Chicago". "Armies of the Night"
By the end of 1968 550,000 are stationed in Vietnam
Publication of "Myra Breckinridge"
Awarded a National Book Award
Appointed campaign manager for Richard Nixons election as President
Wins the Olympic heavyweight title
Winner of the Olympic high jump Gold Medal, with the "Fosbury flop"
Stars as Harmonica in Once Upon a Time in the West, director, Sergio Leone, once called him "the greatest actor I ever worked with", and had wanted to cast Bronson for the lead in all three of his previous westerns, now known as the Dollars trilogy
Sent as representitive to forward proposals to cease bombing, conditions are rejected
McNamara neglected to inform either President Lyndon Johnson or Secretary of State Dean Rusk about the study. One report claimed that McNamara planned to give the work to his friend Robert F. Kennedy, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968. McNamara later denied this, although he admitted that he should have informed Johnson and Rusk
Peebles develops theoretical physical cosmology using the microwave background and structure formation
Produces recordings for successful jazz vocalist Georgie Fame
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize
Irwin Shapiro presents the first detection of the Shapiro delay
Leaves south Vietnam & serves on Johnsons Senior Advisery Group
Establishes the Senior Interdepartmental Group for high officials below cabinet level
Presents radar evidence for gravitational time delay near the Sun.
Directs Teach Me!
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. The Tet Offensive results in Johnson having to bow out of the Presidential elections. Cities such as Kontum, My Tho, Ben Tre & Hue are destroyed during fighting
Simon & Garfunkel release, "The Graduate"
Simon & Garfunkel release, "The Graduate". Simon & Garfunkel release, "Bookends"
Stars in, "The Odd Couple"
First major role as Leo Bloom in "The Producers"
Produces the album Prophets, Seers & Sages - The Angels of the Ages for the British band T-Rex kick-starting his influential career & production of a further 7 T-Rex Albums
Winner of the mens US tennis open
Appointed Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
Appointed Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
Appointed Vice Presidential running mate for Richard Nixon
Appointed Vice Presidential running mate for George Wallace
Nixon implements a policy of Vietnamization that aims to gradually withdraw US troops while expanding the combat role of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) so that it would be capable of independently defending South Vietnam
Publication of " We Bombed in New Haven"
Stars with Richard Burton in the Second World War action film Where Eagles Dare.
Directs, Whos That Knocking at My Door
Stars in, "Will Penny". Stars in, "Planet of the Apes"
Nixon implements a policy of Vietnamization that aims to gradually withdraw US troops while expanding the combat role of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) so that it would be capable of independently defending South Vietnam
Frazier defeats Manuel Ramos of Mexico in 2 rounds to defend his title
Becomes World heavy weight champion, defeats Busther Mathis. Ali had to leave his world heavyweight title vacant due to legal repercussions from his refusal to serve in the Vietnam War, and the New York commission decided to hold a title fight between Frazier and Buster Mathis
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