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January 1968
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The list January 1968 includes
1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Battle of Quang Tri (1968), INS Dakar, French submarine Minerve (S647) and 1968 Finnish presidential election.
The list consists of 27 members
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January 1968
Month of 1968
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Overview: A leadership election in the Liberal Party of Australia, the party of government in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 9 January 1968. It followed the disappearance and presumed drowning of previous ...
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Apollo 5
First test flight (uncrewed) of the Apollo Lunar Module
Overview: Apollo 5 (launched January 22, 1968), also known as AS-204, was the uncrewed first flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) that would later carry astronauts to the surface of the Moon. The Saturn IB rocket ... 0
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Battle of Quang Tri (1968)
1968 battle of the Vietnam WarOverview: The Battle for Quang Tri occurred in and around Quảng Trị City (Quảng Trị Province), the northernmost provincial capital of South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive when the Vietcong (VC) and People's Army ... 0
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INS Dakar
Lost Israeli submarine
Overview: INS Dakar (Hebrew: אח"י דקר) was a diesel–electric submarine in the Israeli Navy. The vessel, a modified World War II British T-class submarine, had previously been HMS Totem of the Royal Navy. She was ... 0
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French submarine Minerve (S647)
1962 Daphné-class submarine
Overview: Minerve was a diesel–electric submarine in the French Navy, launched in 1961. The vessel was one of 11 of the Daphné class. In January 1968, Minerve was lost with all hands in bad weather while returning ... 0
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Overview: Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1968. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college. They in turn elected the President. The result was ... 0
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Overview: On January 23, 1968, North Korean patrol boats supported by two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighters captured the USS Pueblo northeast of the North Korean island of Ung-do. The seizure of the Pueblo led to ... 0
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Blue House raid
1968 North Korean assassination attempt on South Korean President Park Chung-hee
Overview: The Blue House raid, also known in South Korea as the 21 January Incident (Korean: 1·21 사태), was a raid launched by North Korean commandos in an attempt to assassinate President of South Korea Park ... 0
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 245
United Nations resolution adopted in 1968
Overview: United Nations Security Council Resolution 245, adopted on January 25, 1968, after the government of the Republic of South Africa refused to comply with a General Assembly resolution 2324 and continued ... 0
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1968 Mauritian riots
Christian–Muslim violent clashes in Port LouisOverview: The 1968 Mauritian riots or Bagarre raciale Plaine Verte refers to a number of violent clashes that occurred in the Port Louis neighbourhoods of Cité Martial, Bell Village, Roche Bois, St. Croix, Cité ... 0
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Tet Offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Battle in Vietnam involving the United States in early 1968
Overview: The attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base, headquarters of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) 7th Air Force, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968 ... 0
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1968 Belice earthquake
Earthquake in Sicily, Italy
Overview: The 1968 Belice earthquake sequence took place in Sicily between 14 and 15 January. The largest shock measured 5.5 on the moment magnitude scale, with five others of magnitude 5+. The maximum perceived ... 0
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Operation Coburg
Battle of the Vietnam War
Overview: Operation Coburg (24 January − 1 March 1968) was an Australian and New Zealand military action during the Vietnam War. The operation saw heavy fighting between the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and ... 0
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Battle of Ban Houei Sane
Battle in the Vietnam WarOverview: The Battle of Ban Houei Sane took place during the Vietnam War, beginning on the night of 23 January 1968, when the 24th Regiment of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 304th Division overran the small ... 0
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1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
1968 aviation accident
Overview: On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident, sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident (Danish: Thuleulykken), involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base ... 0
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Battle of Saigon (1968)
Tet Offensive battle of the Vietnam War
Overview: The First Battle of Saigon, fought during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War, was the coordinated attack by communist forces, including both the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong (VC), against ... 0
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Hixon rail crash
Fatal collision at a level crossing in 1968
Overview: On 6 January 1968, a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by a British Rail express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire ... 0
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January 1968
Month of 1968
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1968 State of the Union Address
Speech by US president Lyndon B. JohnsonOverview: The 1968 State of the Union Address was given by the 36th president of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, on Wednesday, January 17, 1968, to the 90th United States Congress. He reported this, "And ... 0
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1968 Scotland storm
1968 storm in Scotland, UK
Overview: The 1968 Hurricane (or Hurricane Low Q) was a deadly storm that moved through the Central Belt of Scotland during mid January 1968. It was described as Central Scotland's worst natural disaster since ... 0
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