WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1968
Find out what all happened March to October 1968

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

The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973. (27. September 1968)

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

A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre by the order of the president, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, to the soldiers of killing unarmed students, hiding the event from the public eye. The 1968 Summer Olympics hosted in Mexico City, started 10 days after the massacre. (2. October 1968)

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) was found. (11. September 1968)

Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times. (22. October 1968)

Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France. (30. May 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)

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

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

Robert F. Kennedy's funeral takes place at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. (8. June 1968)

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

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

An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261. (2. August 1968)

Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission. (26. October 1968)

Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens. (13. August 1968)

An earthquake rated at 6.8 on the Richter Scale destroys the Australian town of Meckering, Western Australia, and it also ruptures all nearby main highways and railroads. (14. October 1968)

Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney Riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country. (16. October 1968)

Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles. (5. October 1968)