The temperature on October 13, 1968 was between 11.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
July 26 » Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
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