9 events found for 1968
Enoch Powell, a British Conservative member of Parliament, made a controversial speech in opposition to immigration and
Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada, succeeding Lester B
South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 dea
The controversial Broadway musical Hair, a product of the counterculture of the 1960s, opened, with its songs becoming a
About 200 students at Bucks County Community College held a protest after the college canceled a planned speech by gay r
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action
American radical feminist Valerie Solanas shot and wounded visual artist Andy Warhol and two others at Warhol's New York
The Royal New Zealand Navy adopted a unique white ensign, to distinguish its vessels from those of the Royal Navy