The temperature on November 8, 1968 was between 1.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
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.
December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.
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