The temperature on April 12, 1968 was between -0.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
April 10 » The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
Day of burial April 17, 1968
The temperature on April 17, 1968 was between 10.1 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
May 30 » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
June 30 » Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
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