The temperature on May 9, 1968 was between 7.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
December 21 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
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