June 4, 1968 – Saigon shelled in heavy attack; vessels struck
June 5 – Kennedy assassination attempt thwarted by kitchen worker
July 4 – Hero Celia Newing recounts harrowing events
July 17 – Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie premieres in London
August 8 – Nixon accepts nomination at Republican National Convention in Miami Beach
August 29 – Kennedy accepts nomination at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
September 24 – 60 Minutes premieres
September 26 – Pravda publishes Brezhnev Doctrine, justifying Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
October 10-11 – Castro delivers speeches on the 100th anniversary of Cuba's proclamation of independence from Spain
October 18 – U.S. Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos suspended
November 5 – RFK elected 37th president; Nixon concedes to another Kennedy
November 20 – Tammy Wynette, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash win big at second CMA Awards
December 24 – Apollo 8 orbits moon as astronaut Anders snaps Earthrise photo
December 25 – Kennedy signals plan for phased troop withdrawal from Vietnam
January 12, 1969 – Underdog Jets defeat Colts in Super Bowl III
January 20 – RFK sworn into office; ten minutes later, -----------------------------------------------------------


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