February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Day of death January 8, 1968
The temperature on January 8, 1968 was between -3.7 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 1 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
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