May 1968 calendar

May 1968
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1968.
The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on May 1968: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1968?

Events

01 May 1968 Ben Franklin in Paris closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 215 performances
02 May 1968 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2.
03 May 1968 Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica International
04 May 1968 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 2:02.5.
05 May 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational.
06 May 1968 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards.
08 May 1968 Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron
10 May 1968 Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris, France, between the US and North Vietnam.
11 May 1968 Richard Harris releases MacArthur Park
12 May 1968 WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
13 May 1968 1,000,000 French demonstrate against Charles de Gaulle and Pompidou.
14 May 1968 RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to three years in West Berlin.
15 May 1968 Wonderwall with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival
16 May 1968 Earthquake kills 47 in Japan.
17 May 1968 European Space Research Organization launches first satellite.
18 May 1968 Al Kaline hits his 307th homerun, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Detroit Tiger.
19 May 1968 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain
21 May 1968 Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores
22 May 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates' player Willie Stargell hits three homeruns, a double and a single.
23 May 1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
24 May 1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
25 May 1968 Rolling Stones release Jumping Jack Flash
26 May 1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
27 May 1968 NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises
28 May 1968 NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
29 May 1968 US Truth in Lending Act signed into law.
30 May 1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album Beatles
03 May 1968 Eighty-five people are killed when Braniff International Airways Flight 352 crashes near Dawson, Texas.