WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1968
Find out what all happened August to 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)

Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. (20. August 1968)

The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail (11. August 1968)

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

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

Garfield Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket. (31. August 1968)

60 Minutes debuts on CBS. (24. September 1968)

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

Swaziland becomes independent. (6. September 1968)

Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact. (13. September 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)

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

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

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

Swaziland joins the United Nations. (24. September 1968)

James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine. (21. August 1968)

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

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