July 1968 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1968?

Events

01 Jul 1968 Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard
03 Jul 1968 Cleveland Indians' Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins players.
04 Jul 1968 Yachtsman Alec Rose, 59, receives a hero's welcome as he sails into Portsmouth, England after his 354-day round-the-world trip.
05 Jul 1968 Manifest of 1000 words published in Prague
06 Jul 1968 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart
07 Jul 1968 Rock group "The Yardbirds" disband.
08 Jul 1968 Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
09 Jul 1968 15.68 (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss
10 Jul 1968 NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969
11 Jul 1968 Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles
12 Jul 1968 Couve de Murville forms government in France
13 Jul 1968 97th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 289 at Carnoustie Scotland
14 Jul 1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick
15 Jul 1968 One Life to Live premieres on TV
17 Jul 1968 A revolution occurs in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
18 Jul 1968 Intel incorporates.
20 Jul 1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV.
21 Jul 1968 50th PGA Championship: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Pecan Valley, Texas
23 Jul 1968 Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt.
25 Jul 1968 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical on the regulation of birth, reaffirms stand against artificial birth control.
26 Jul 1968 Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong ?inh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
27 Jul 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Canadian Golf Open
29 Jul 1968 Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa
30 Jul 1968 Thames Television starts transmission in London.
01 Jul 1968 The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.