WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1968
Find out what all happened June to December 1968

Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S. (17. November 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)

Swaziland joins the United Nations. (24. September 1968)

Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations. (12. November 1968)

Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. (20. August 1968)

Apollo program: The first live TV broadcast, by American astronauts in orbit, was performed by the Apollo 7 crew. (14. October 1968)

The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories. (8. November 1968)

The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games. (18. October 1968)

Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans. (21. December 1968)

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

The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. (15. September 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)

Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. presidential candidate, is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian. Kennedy dies the next day. (5. June 1968)

Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history. (24. December 1968)

A second republic is declared in the Maldives. (11. November 1968)

Vietnam War: 27 soldiers are arrested at the Presidio of San Francisco in California for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War. (14. October 1968)

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

The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS). (1. October 1968)

The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X. (1. November 1968)