WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1968
Find out what all happened February to May 1968

Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah. (21. March 1968)

Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. (4. April 1968)

Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom. (12. March 1968)

The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation. (1. February 1968)

American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina. (8. February 1968)

Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. (23. April 1968)

English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech. (20. April 1968)

In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service. (16. February 1968)

Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War (20. May 1968)

Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre. (12. February 1968)

General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado. (16. March 1968)

AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup. (4. April 1968)

Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations. (24. April 1968)

Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. (1. February 1968)

In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. (17. February 1968)

Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine at the mouth of Wellington Harbour. (10. April 1968)

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. (3. April 1968)

BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime. (8. April 1968)

FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City. (24. May 1968)

Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency. (18. March 1968)