March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of death January 20, 1968
The temperature on January 20, 1968 was between -0.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
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.
September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
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