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1968 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2024. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1968 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1968
- January 30, 1968 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- February 1, 1968 – Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War.
- April 6, 1968 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
- April 7, 1968 – Motor racing world champion Jim Clark was killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
- April 20, 1968 – English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
- June 6, 1968 – Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic Party senator from New York and brother of 35th President John F. Kennedy, dies from gunshot wounds inflicted on June 5.
- October 8, 1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Sealords: United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
- October 16, 1968 – Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
- October 22, 1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
- November 12, 1968 – Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations.
Who Were Born On 1968?
- January 22, 1968 – Franka Dietzsch, German discus thrower
- January 30, 1968 – Tony Maudsley, English actor
- February 1, 1968 – Cheb Hasni, Algerian musician
- May 11, 1968 – Jeffrey Donovan, American actor, director, and producer
- June 13, 1968 – Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
- July 9, 1968 – Paolo Di Canio, Italian footballer and manager
- August 9, 1968 – Sam Fogarino, American drummer (Interpol and Magnetic Morning)
- September 3, 1968 – Grace Poe, Filipino educator and politician
- September 9, 1968 – Clive Mendonca, English footballer
- November 11, 1968 – David L. Cook, American singer-songwriter and comedian