The temperature on March 5, 1968 was between 3.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
December 22 » Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
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