1968

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Centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades:	1930s  1940s  1950s  - 1960s -  1970s  1980s  1990s
Years:	1965 1966 1967 - 1968 - 1969 1970 1971

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Films released 5 New books 6 Hit songs

[change] Events

• January 5 - Alexander Dubček elected as leader of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party - the "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia
• January 15 - An earthquake in Sicily - 231 dead, 262 injured
• January 21 - US B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland and in the process discharges four nuclear bombs
• January 23 - North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying.
• January 25 - The Israeli Submarine Dakar sinks in the Mediterranean Sea - 69 dead
• January 27 - French submarine sinks in the Mediterranean with 52 men
• January 30 - Vietnam War: The Tết Offensive begins, as NLF forces launch a series of surprise attacks across South Vietnam.
• January 31 - NLF soldiers attack the United States embassy in Saigon
• January 31 - Nauru's president Hammer DeRoburt declares independence from Australia

[change] Births

• March 30 - Céline Dion
• October 12 - Hugh Jackman

[change] Deaths

• January 22 - Duke Kahanamoku, American athlete
• April 4 - Martin Luther King, Jr.

[change] Films released

• 2001: A Space Odyessy
• Barbarella
• No Way to Treat a Lady
• The Odd Couple
• Yellow Submarine
• Once Upon A Time in West
• Oliver!
• Rosemary's Baby
• Night of the Living Dead

[change] New books

• Flight 714 by Herge
• M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker

[change] Hit songs

• "Born To Be Wild" - Steppenwolf
• "Dance To The Music" - Sly & The Family Stone
• "Harper Valley P.T.A" - Jeannie C. Riley
• "Hello, I Love You" - The Doors
• "Hey Jude"/"Revolution" - The Beatles
• "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" - John Fred & his Playboy Band
• "Jumpin' Jack Flash" - Rolling Stones
• "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" - Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
• "Lady Madonna" - The Beatles
• "Chain of Fools" - Aretha Franklin
• "Valleri" - The Monkees
• "Mony Mony" - Tommy James & the Shondells
• "Mrs. Robinson" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "(Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay" - Otis Redding
• "Sunshine Of Your Love" - Cream
• "This Guy's in Love With You" - Herb Alpert
• "Midnight Confessions" - The Grass Roots
• "Classical Gas" - Mason Williams