April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Day of death November 5, 1968
The temperature on November 5, 1968 was between 2.4 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
June 30 » Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
October 20 » Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
November 22 » The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
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