Events of 1968
WORLD
The North Vietnamese launched the Tet offensive.
Americal soldiers massacred 347 civilians near the village of My Lai in South Vietnam.
North Korea siezed the US Navy ship Pueblo holding the sailors as spies.
Czechoslovakia was invaded by Russia.
US civil rights leader, Martin Luther king Jnr, was shot dead in Memphis soon after his ' I have a dream' speech.
James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years jail for the killing of King.
Senator Robert F Kennedy was shot and killed during Americal Presidential elections.
Australian Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche in the Wimbledon men's singles final.
The rock musical Hair opened on Broadway.
The main movies were 2001 ; A Space Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, Funny Girl and Oliver.
The main books were William Gass' In the heart of the heart of the Country and Gore Vidal's Myra Breckenridge.
Russia developed the world's first supersonic airliner.
Vast deposits of oil were discovered in Alaska.
British comedian Tony hancock died in a Sydney hotel.
AUSTRALIA
John Grey Gorton became Australia's 19th prime Minister.
Poet Dorothy Mackellar died.
Aboriginal Lionel Rose won the world bantanweight boxing championship in Tokyo.
Joh Bjelke-Petersen became Premier of Queensland.
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale destroyed the town of Meckering in WA.
US oil troubleshooter, 'Red' Adair, put out a massive gas leak and fire on an oil platform off Lakes Entrance in Victoria.
Remains ofd a woman cremated over 26,000 years ago were found at Lake Mungo in western NSW.
The North Vietnamese launched the Tet offensive.
Americal soldiers massacred 347 civilians near the village of My Lai in South Vietnam.
North Korea siezed the US Navy ship Pueblo holding the sailors as spies.
Czechoslovakia was invaded by Russia.
US civil rights leader, Martin Luther king Jnr, was shot dead in Memphis soon after his ' I have a dream' speech.
James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years jail for the killing of King.
Senator Robert F Kennedy was shot and killed during Americal Presidential elections.
Australian Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche in the Wimbledon men's singles final.
The rock musical Hair opened on Broadway.
The main movies were 2001 ; A Space Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, Funny Girl and Oliver.
The main books were William Gass' In the heart of the heart of the Country and Gore Vidal's Myra Breckenridge.
Russia developed the world's first supersonic airliner.
Vast deposits of oil were discovered in Alaska.
British comedian Tony hancock died in a Sydney hotel.
AUSTRALIA
John Grey Gorton became Australia's 19th prime Minister.
Poet Dorothy Mackellar died.
Aboriginal Lionel Rose won the world bantanweight boxing championship in Tokyo.
Joh Bjelke-Petersen became Premier of Queensland.
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale destroyed the town of Meckering in WA.
US oil troubleshooter, 'Red' Adair, put out a massive gas leak and fire on an oil platform off Lakes Entrance in Victoria.
Remains ofd a woman cremated over 26,000 years ago were found at Lake Mungo in western NSW.
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