WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1968
Find out what all happened January to April 1968

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho. (7. March 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)

Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space. (22. January 1968)

Viet Cong attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive. (31. January 1968)

Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison (13. January 1968)

Israeli–Jordanian border clashes rage. (11. February 1968)

The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins. (11. February 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)

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

Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces. (1. February 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)

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

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

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

Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia. (5. January 1968)

Pierre Elliot Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after. (6. April 1968)

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa (24. January 1968)

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

Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.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

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. (11. April 1968)