WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1968
Find out what all happened January to June 1968

The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety. (27. May 1968)

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

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

North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated its territorial waters while spying. (23. January 1968)

Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. (30. January 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)

The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores. (22. May 1968)

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

Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. (21. January 1968)

The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway. (29. 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)

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

In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. (6. April 1968)

Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.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

The first of the East L.A. walkouts take place at several high schools. (6. March 1968)

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

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

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

Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12/13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral–Balmoral. (12. May 1968)