WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1968
Find out what all happened April to September 1968

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

The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor–Danforth line, going to Scarborough in the East, and Etobicoke in the West. (11. May 1968)

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

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

Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals. (21. August 1968)

A revolution occurs in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President. (17. July 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)

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)

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

FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City. (24. May 1968)

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

The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. (15. September 1968)

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

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

Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America. (22. August 1968)

The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries. (1. July 1968)

Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (4. April 1968)

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

Intel is founded in Santa Clara, California. (18. July 1968)