WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1968
Find out what all happened February to June 1968

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6. (4. April 1968)

Vietnam War: 135 unarmed citizens of Hà My village in South Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Hà My massacre. (25. February 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)

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)

Valerie Solanas, the author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times. (3. June 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Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.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)

AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup. (4. April 1968)

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. (3. April 1968)

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

General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado. (16. March 1968)

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

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

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

Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War (20. May 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)

The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation. (1. February 1968)