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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 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 February 1968: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1968?


Events

  • 01 Feb 1968 Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head.
  • 02 Feb 1968 Springer Publishers in West Berlin bombed.
  • 04 Feb 1968 Golden Rainbow opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 355 performances
  • 05 Feb 1968 KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
  • 06 Feb 1968 KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 07 Feb 1968 WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 08 Feb 1968 Officers kill three students demonstrating in South Carolina State (Orangeburg).
  • 09 Feb 1968 Rotterdam metro is opened by Princess Beatrix.
  • 10 Feb 1968 Spooky by Classics IV hits #3
  • 11 Feb 1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-metre jump off Washington Bridge into Hudson River, New York.
  • 12 Feb 1968 Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.
  • 13 Feb 1968 US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam.
  • 14 Feb 1968 WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
  • 15 Feb 1968 WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 16 Feb 1968 America's first 9-1-1 phone system goes into service in Haleyville, Alabama.
  • 17 Feb 1968 In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
  • 18 Feb 1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
  • 19 Feb 1968 First US teachers strike (Florida).
  • 20 Feb 1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A&M
  • 21 Feb 1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West Berlin.
  • 22 Feb 1968 Rock group Genesis release their first record "The Silent Sun".
  • 23 Feb 1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBA player to score 25,000 points.
  • 24 Feb 1968 Darling of the Day closes at George Abbott NYC after 31 performances
  • 25 Feb 1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea.
  • 26 Feb 1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission.
  • 27 Feb 1968 Ex-Teenagers singer Frankie Lymon is found dead from a heroin overdose in Harlem.
  • 28 Feb 1968 Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air
  • 29 Feb 1968 1st pulsar announced

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in February 1968?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Green Tambourine
  2. - Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)
  3. - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)
  4. - (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls
  5. - Chain Of Fools

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - The Mighty Quinn
  2. - Cinderella Rockefella
  3. - Everlasting Love
  4. - Legend Of Xanadu
  5. - Bend Me Shape Me

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Release year: 1968

Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner

Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans

Country: United States of America

Hour of the Wolf

Hour of the Wolf

Release year: 1968

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman

Starring: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg

Country: United States of America

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Release year: 1968

Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli

Starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea

Country: United States of America

The Anniversary

The Anniversary

Release year: 1968

Directed by: Roy Ward Baker

Starring: Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock, Jack Hedley, James Cossins

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

Release year: 1968

Directed by: Sydney Pollack

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis

Books

Which were the most popular books released in February 1968?
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Report From Iron Mountain by Leonard C. Lewin

Report From Iron Mountain

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This 1960s satire makes convincing claims to be a government document about the negative effects of post-Cold War peace upon American society, economy, and society.

The Instrument by John O'Hara

The Instrument

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Fictional novel

The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron

The Confessions of Nat Turner

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The only lasting, effective revolt against American Negroslavy took place in the late summer 1831 in remote Virginia...

Anyone Can Make A Million by Morton Shulman

Anyone Can Make A Million

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Encouragement to help you get started on your entrepreneurial journey. . .

The President'S Plane Is Missing by Robert J. Serling

The President'S Plane Is Missing

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An unprecedented crisis... President Jeremy Haines, like many of his predecessors, is weighed down with the solemn duties and danger posed by both the Soviet Union (China) and the United States.