March 1968 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1968?

Events

01 Mar 1968 Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting
02 Mar 1968 Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford
03 Mar 1968 Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) becomes second NHL player to score 1,000 points.
04 Mar 1968 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched
05 Mar 1968 US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun.
06 Mar 1968 The first of the East L.A. Walkouts take place at several high schools.
07 Mar 1968 Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding My Tho.
08 Mar 1968 Fillmore East opens
09 Mar 1968 10th Grammy Awards: "Up Up and Away", Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band win.
10 Mar 1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed).
11 Mar 1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting
12 Mar 1968 Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom.
13 Mar 1968 Beatles release Lady Madonna in the UK
14 Mar 1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the US Central Intelligence Agency.
15 Mar 1968 LIFE Magazine calls Jimi Hendrix most spectacular guitarist in the world
16 Mar 1968 My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
17 Mar 1968 Two-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington DC by US and six European nations.
18 Mar 1968 Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
19 Mar 1968 Howard University students seize administration building.
20 Mar 1968 Military intervenes in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign).
21 Mar 1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack Palestinian Liberation Organization bases.
22 Mar 1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off SF cable car for eating an ice cream cone
23 Mar 1968 Reverend Walter Fauntroy is first non-voting congressional delegate from Washington DC.
24 Mar 1968 Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational.
25 Mar 1968 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting
26 Mar 1968 Joan Baez marries activist David Harris in New York.
27 Mar 1968 Japanese Trade and Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco
28 Mar 1968 Brazilian high school student Edson Luis de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship.
29 Mar 1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College.
30 Mar 1968 General Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia.
31 Mar 1968 LBJ announces he will not seek re-election
02 Mar 1968 Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.