The temperature on April 24, 1968 was between 3.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
January 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
October 14 » The 6.5 Mw Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.
November 11 » Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
Day of death May 11, 1968
The temperature on May 11, 1968 was between 8.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
February 24 » Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
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