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January
4— Hanoi offers to talk
peace provided U.S. stops
bombing North Vietnam.
9—Surveyor 7 successful
ly lands on moon.
11—Israel and United
Arab Republic agree on
prisoner-of-war exchange.
14—Earthquake rocks
Palermo, Sicily, killing
hundreds.
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18—Soviet Union and
U.S. submit treaty to ban
spread of nuclear weapons
to U.N. disarmament con
ference.
22— B-52, carrying foir
hydrogen bombs, crashes
into ice off Greenland
coast.
23— North Koreans seize
U.S. ship Pueblo with crew
of 83.
February
9— Cyrus Vance is sent to
Korea as special represen
tative of President John
son.
U.S. jets intercept Soviet
bombers off Newfoundland
coast
10— Figure skater Peggy
Fleming wins gold medal
for U.S. in Olympics.
11— Howard Lindsay,
playwriter - actor - director
producer, dies at 78.
13—More than 10,000 Gls
are rushed to Vietnam to
bolster defense lines.
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EVENTS TO MAKE 1968 WELL-REMEMBERED
16—Hanoi releases three
U.S. fliers shot down last
fall over North Vietnam.
23—Author Fannie Hurst
dies at 78.
25— Sen. Fulbright calls
for congressional investi
gation of administration’s
Vietnam policy.
Panama Canal is blocked
as Japanese ship sinks
midway in isthmus.
26— Thirty -two African
nations vote to boycott
summer Olympics in Mex
ico City.
March
2—Commission on Civil
Disorders reports nation is
moving toward two soci
eties—one black, one white
—separate and unequal.
6—Rhodesia hangs three
convicted murderers de
spite their reprieve by
Queen Elizabeth.
11— Thousands of demon
strators clash with police
in Poland, protesting strin
gent Communist control of
cultural affairs.
12— New Hampshire pri
mary boosts McCarthy,
Nixon. Bobby Kennedy en
ters race; Rockefeller
hangs back.
14— U.S. casualties in
Vietnam pass Korea mark,
making it the nation’s
fourth costliest conflict.
15— Czechoslovakia gets
under Moscow’s skin with
campaign for new liberal
ism and freedom.
16— Dr. Philip Blaiberg,
world’s only living human
heart transplant recipient,
goes home from hospital.
17— Seven nations back
dual gold price and pledge
support of dollar, stem
ming European gold rush.
22—Gen. William West
moreland is recalled from
Vietnam to become Army
chief of staff.
April
4—Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. is assassinated in
Memphis, Tenn.
5— Widespread rioting,
burning and looting in na
tion’s cities follows slaying
of Dr. King.
6— U.S. troops reach
Khe Sanh, relieving Ma
rines under siege by enemy
since Jan. 21.
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
officiates at opening of
HemisFair, world’s fair at
San Antonio, Tex.
10— Gen. CreigMon Ab
rams is named command
er of American forces in
Vietnam, succeeding Gen.
Westmoreland.
11— President Johnson
signs civil rights bill with
expanded open housing pro
visions.
16—Edna Ferber, novel
ist and playwright, dies at
82.
20—Pierre Trudeau be
comes prime minister of
Canada, succeeding Lester
Pearson, retired.
24— Columbia University
closes campus after two
days of student demonstra
tions.
25— Arthur J. Goldberg
quits as U.S. ambassador
to United Nations; George
Ball, former undersecre
tary of state, succeeds
him.
27—Vice President Hum
phrey enters race for
Democratic presidential
nomination.
BERRY’S WORLD
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"You think YOUR tax status is
complicated—how about Aristotle
and Jackie?"
May
I—Sixteen European na
tions offer to speed up
tariff cuts to help ease
U.S. balance of payments
problems.
2— Allied forces launch
sweeping offensive into the
A Shau Valley, former
North Vienamese strong
hold.
Israel celebrates 20th an
niversary as nation.
3— North Vietnam and
United States agree to meet
at Hotel Majestic in Paris
for preliminary peace
talks.
4— Dancer’s Image wins
Kentucky Derby, then is
disqualified after pain-kill
ing drug is found in his
system.
Russia ratifies consular
treaty with U.S., establish
ing rules, procedures and
rights of consulates.
12— General strike called
In Paris to support demon
strating students, develops
into national crisis threat
ening government.
13— “Resurrection City,
U. S. A.” is dedicated in
Washington as campground
for Poor People’s March
participants.
16—Union split occurs
with suspension of United
Auto Workers for failure to
pay AFL-CIO dues.
June
I—Helen Keller, who
overcame blindness and
deafness to become a sym
bol of courage, dies at 87.
5— Sen. Robert F. Ken
nedy is assassinated in Los
Angeles after speech an
nouncing victory in Cali
fornia primary.
7— Sirhan B. Sirhan, 24,
is indicted by Los Angeles
grand jury in death of Sen.
Kennedy.
8— James Earl Ray, sus
pected of killing Dr. Mar
tin Luther King Jr., is ar
rested in London by Scot
land Yard officials.
19—More than 50,000
march in Washington in
support of Poor People’s
campaign.
21—Chief Justice Earl
Warren announces he will
retire from Supreme Court;
President Johnson nomi
nates Abe Fortas as his
successor.
Strike of 1,250 Canadian
workers for higher wages
shuts down St. Lawrence
Seaway.
berry’s world
"Let's not forget to send a post
, card to Mayor Daley!"
23—Gaullists make sub
stantial gains in French
election, control National
Assembly.
25—Pierre Elliott Tru
deau wins Canada election,
beating conservative Rob
ert Stanfield to remain as
prime minister.
July
1— U. S., Soviet Union
agree on talks to limit mis
sile systems and sign ban
on spread of nuclear arms.
2— Soviet Union releases
American airliner forced
down en route to Vietnam
with 214 U. S. servicemen.
4—Alec Rose completes
solo sail around world
after 254 days out of Ports
mouth, England.
6—Billie Jean King wins
women's single tennis
championship at Wimble
don for third year in row.
B—Leftist foes of U.S. in
Japan are set back as vot
ers endorse government
headed by Premier Eisaku
Sato.
10—Dr. Benjamin Spock
and three others are sen
tenced to two years in pri
son for conspiring to coun
sel evasion of the draft.
15—Soviet airliner ar-
rives in New York, inaugu
rating direct U.S.-Soviet
passenger flights.
19—James Earl Ray re
turns to U. S. under heavy
guard for arraignment on
murder charge in death of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
23— Ten killed, including
three policemen, in night
shooting, burning and loot
ing on Cleveland’s east
side.
August
5— GOP convention
opens, nominates Nixon
and Agnew.
6— Former President Eis
enhower suffers another
heart attack.
12— Watts erupts again;
three killed.
18— Twenty-ninth Interna
tional Eucharistic Congress
opens in Bogota, Columbia,
hears Pope Paul.
19— President Johnson
rules out further de-escala
tion in Vietnam without sig
nificant peace move by the
enemy.
21—Russia and four al
lied satellite nations invade
Czechoslovakia and over
throw liberal government.
24— France explodes her
first hydrogen b o m b in
South Pacific.
26— Hubert Humphrey
and Edmund Muskie nom
inated by Democratic con
vention.
27— Russia and Czech
leaders agree on slow with
drawal of occupation
troops.
28— Chicago police ac
cused of “Gestapo tactics”
in handling of demonstra
tors and newsmen at Dem
ocratic convention.
September
I—Thousands die in Iran-
Turkey earthquake.
6—Charles E. Goodell
named to complete term of
late Sen. Robert F. Ken
nedy.
9—Teachers’ strike forces
closing of New York City
schools.
13— Czech Assembly ap-
proves re-establishment of
direct censorship on press,
radio and television.
14—Pitcher Dennis Mc-
Lain of Detroit Tigers
racks up 30th victory.
17—U.S. warns Russia
that intervention by force
in West Germany would
lead to immediate response
by NATO.
October
2— Abe Fortas withdraws
name from nomination as
chief justice of Supreme
Court after Senate filibus
ter by critics.
3— Soldiers and police
battle demonstrators in
Mexico City; 28 are killed.
BERRY'S WORLD
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"Now, let's get with it—there
must be lots of ways to spend
money that no one has eyen
thought of yet!"
16—Detroit Tigers win
World Series from St. Louis
Cardinals.
11— Apollo 7 orbits earth
with three astronauts in
successful 11-day flight.
12— U.S. wins 106 medals
and team championship in
Mexico City summer Olym
pics.
20—Mrs. Jacqueline Ken
nedy, 39, weds billionaire
shipping magnate, Aristotle
Onassis, 62.
25—President Johnson be
comes grandfather again
with daughter born to
daughter Lynda Bird Robb.
November
I—U.S. bombing of North
Vietnam stops on order
from President Johnson.
s—Republican Richard
M. Nixon elected President
in close race.
14— U.S. announces six
point program to North At
lantic Alliance to bolster
American military strength
in Europe.
16—Soviet Union orbits
17-ton scientific satellite,
largest automatic space
station ever launched.
20— Series of explosions
in West Virginia soft coal
mine traps 78 miners 600
feet below surface.
21— Darrell Hammarley
retired airlines pilot, re
ceives second heart trans
plant six hours after first
proves unsatisfactory.
24—President De Gaulle
orders austerity for France
in fight to defend franc.
December
1— W e s t Virginia mine
sealed with 78 men in it.
2— Israeli commandos de
stroy Jordan bridges; jets
silence Russian-made guns
deep in Jordan.
3— Dr. Sam Sheppard
severs connection with
Youngstown, Ohio, hospi
tal; German wife sues him
for divorce.
Nixon names Henry Kis
singer of Harvard security
chief.
4— Nixon asks Henry
Cabot Lodge to head U.S.
peace talks team in Paris.
7— Orbiting astronomical
observatory is launched in
to space to spy on stars for
clues to origin of universe.
8— Rep. Melvin R. Laird,
R-Wis., is new defense sec
retary.
9— Total U.S. casualties
in Vietnam war top 30,000.
11— President-elect Nixon
uses TV to introduce his
cabinet to nation.
Over Soviet protests, two
U.S. destroyers conduct
maneuvers in Black Sea.
12— Pan Am jet crashes
in Caribbean off Venezuela
with 50 aboard.
15— Jess Willard dies at
86; won heavyweight box
ing title from Jack Johnson
in 26 rounds in 1915.