WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1968
Find out what all happened February to July 1968

Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship. (28. March 1968)

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

The U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. (9. June 1968)

Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO. (1. July 1968)

The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established. (1. July 1968)

Valerie Solanas, the author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times. (3. June 1968)

Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué. (24. February 1968)

The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel. (23. July 1968)

Major League Baseball's National League awards Montreal the first franchise in Canada and the first franchise outside the United States. (the Montreal Expos) (27. May 1968)

Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. (4. April 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. (6. June 1968)

Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops. (16. March 1968)

Intel is founded in Santa Clara, California. (18. July 1968)

A revolution occurs in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President. (17. July 1968)

Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God. (30. June 1968)

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

Glenville Shootout: in Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days. (23. July 1968)

As a result of nerve gas testing in Skull Valley, Utah, US, over 6,000 sheep are found dead. (17. March 1968)

The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan. (8. July 1968)

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