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5 days ago · On 20–21 August 1968, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the Hungarian People's Republic.
- 20-21 August 1968
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
5 days ago · Prague Spring. Prague Spring. Part of the invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Cold War and the Protests of 1968. Date. 5 January – 21 August 1968 (7 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location. Czechoslovakia. Participants. People and Government of Czechoslovakia.
5 days ago · Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth.
1 day ago · Civilian: 14,300 killed, 24,000 wounded, and 630,000 refugees [16] The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on January 30, 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of ...
2 days ago · Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state. The incumbent in 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 1969. The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968.
- New York [a]
- Republican
- Richard Nixon
- Spiro Agnew
May 17, 2024 · On December 21, 1968, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back.” The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module and was the first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket.
5 days ago · The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad (Spanish: Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 (Spanish: México 1968), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.
