WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1968
Find out what all happened February to December 1968

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

The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory. (30. September 1968)

Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain (12. October 1968)

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

Jim Hines of the United States of America becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint in the Summer Olympic Games held in Mexico City with a time of 9.95 seconds. (14. October 1968)

Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact. (13. September 1968)

Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew. (11. September 1968)

The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei. (1. August 1968)

Intel is founded in Santa Clara, California. (18. July 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 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries. (1. July 1968)

Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. (16. October 1968)

The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California. (20. 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)

Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention. (28. August 1968)

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London. (11. December 1968)

Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war. (10. March 1968)

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

The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins. (11. February 1968)

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