June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
Day of death September 16, 1968
The temperature on September 16, 1968 was between 11.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
January 22 » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
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.
March 7 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
October 2 » Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
October 20 » Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
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