Did anything big happen in the year of 1968 around the world? Thanks.?

Question

Im doing a project on a famous hispanic and one of the questions ask if anything special happened the time period he was born.

Answer 1

North Korea seizes US Navy ship Pueblo; holds 83 on board as spies (Jan. 23).

North Vietnamese launch the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War (Jan.-Feb.).

American soldiers massacre 347 civilians at My Lai (March 16). Background: Vietnam War

Czechoslovakia is invaded by Russians and Warsaw Pact forces to crush liberal regime

President Johnson announces he will not seek or accept presidential renomination (March 31).

Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is slain in Memphis (April 4).

James Earl Ray, indicted in King murder, is sentenced to 99 years.

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in Los Angeles hotel after winning California primary (June 5)—dies June 6.

Answer 2

Apollo 8 (commanded by Jim Lovell of Apollo 13 fame) made the first manned orbit of the moon in December 1968.

Answer 3

1968 is called a 'watershed' year that means LOTS happened most of it in AMerica where cities burned while leaders were gunned down in kitchen pantries and hotel balconies..... An election in America amidst the carnage of Vietnam. Gays rioting in New York. Gonna toss timelines at you and let you sort them out...


http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/arch/1968/Index.html
"" The impact of the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the politics of the new left and the unrest on college campuses across the nation leads to a major eruption of events late in the decade. 1968 is a year of demonstrations and assassinations, marked by violent protests at Columbia University and the Chicago Democratic Convention and the untimely deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy. During this period, NYU is also experiencing some of its most volatile student activism stirred on by the Hatchett Affair and the Chi-Reston incident. ""


http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/history/Sixties/t-1968.htm
http://timelines.ws/20thcent/1968.HTML


http://timelines.ws/20thcent/1968.HTML

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html
""The sixties were the age of youth, as
70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. Many of the revolutionary ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today. """




Peace..........................

Answer 4

Check here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968

Answer 5

It was the year of the war falling apart. The war protests were going full tilt in the US. It was the year of the guy that stood naked on the capitol building in Washington DC. Secondly, Bobby kennedy was killed in June, Martin Luther King was killed in April that year. Thirdly Vatican II came out by papal decree. This completely changed the way catholics worshipped. I would say these fit the bill.

Answer 6

Here is a whole year for 1968. I hope you find what you're looking for:

http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1968.html

Answer 7

ROFL

My uncle was born.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968

Answer 8

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=763666