212 notable events from 1968 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 3.
- Zodiac Killer
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 1, 1969 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Rodney Alcala
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 1, 1979 · United States · Attack (other)
- My Lai massacre
Mar 16, 1968 · Vietnam · Massacre
- Monster of Florence
Aug 21, 1968–Sep 8, 1985 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Sirhan Sirhan
Jun 5, 1968 · War & armed conflict
- James Earl Ray
Apr 4, 1968 · War & armed conflict
- Tet Offensive
Jan 30, 1968–Sep 23, 1968 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Prague Spring
Aug 21, 1968 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- May 68
May 2, 1968–Jun 23, 1968 · France · Riot & unrest
- Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Jun 5, 1968 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Apr 4, 1968 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Chicago Seven
from 1968 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Unit 684
from Apr 1, 1968 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Aug 20, 1968–Aug 21, 1968 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- Jerry Brudos
Jan 26, 1968–Apr 23, 1969 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Tlatelolco massacre
Oct 2, 1968 · Mexico · Massacre
- Protests of 1968
1968 · United States · Riot & unrest
- William Bonin
Nov 17, 1968–Jun 2, 1980 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Norio Nagayama
Oct 11, 1968–Nov 5, 1968 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 300 million yen robbery
Dec 10, 1968 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Battle of Huế
Jan 30, 1968–Mar 3, 1968 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Death of Yuri Gagarin
Mar 27, 1968 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Massacre at Huế
until Feb 28, 1968 · Vietnam · Massacre
- Norio Nagayama serial shooting
Oct 11, 1968–Apr 7, 1969 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Blue House raid
Jan 17, 1968–Jan 29, 1968 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Yushō disease
1968 · Scandal & controversy
- Los Angeles Airways Flight 417
Aug 14, 1968 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1968 Hida River bus crash
Aug 18, 1968 · Japan · Road accident
- Tochigi patricide case
Oct 5, 1968 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Blanche Taylor Moore
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 1, 1989 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Marković affair
Sep 22, 1968 · France · Murder & homicide
- Bible John
Feb 22, 1968–Oct 31, 1969 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Attempted assassination of Andy Warhol
Jun 3, 1968 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
Jan 21, 1968 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Battle of Karameh
Mar 21, 1968 · Jordan · War & armed conflict
- 1968 Polish political crisis
Mar 1968 · Poland · Crisis
- John Cannan
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 1, 1987 · Attack (other)
- Kilvenmani massacre
Dec 25, 1968 · India · Massacre
- Ronan Point
May 16, 1968 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident
Apr 5, 1968 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 1968 Democratic National Convention protests
Aug 23, 1968–Aug 29, 1968 · United States · Riot & unrest
- King assassination riots
Apr 4, 1968–May 27, 1968 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Operation Chrome Dome
Jan 22, 1968 · United States · War & armed conflict
- 17 July Revolution
Jul 17, 1968 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Tokyo Metropolitan Murders
1968–1974 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- BOAC Flight 712
Apr 8, 1968 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Kim Hee-ro incident
Feb 1968 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
1968–1982 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- Los Angeles Airways Flight 841
May 22, 1968 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1968 Belice earthquake
Jan 14, 1968 · Italy · Earthquake
- Varnado Simpson
Mar 16, 1968 · Vietnam · Massacre
- Battle of Valle Giulia
Mar 1, 1968 · Italy · Riot & unrest
- Orangeburg Massacre
Feb 8, 1968 · United States · Shooting
- Jabidah massacre
Mar 18, 1968 · Philippines · Massacre
- Arwed Imiela
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 1, 1969 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Tony Costa
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 1, 1969 · Murder & homicide
- Terry v. Ohio
Jan 1, 1968 · United States · Crime & justice
- Murder of Roy Tutill
Apr 23, 1968 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Philadelphia Eagles Santa Claus incident
Dec 15, 1968 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Japan Air Lines Flight 2
Nov 22, 1968 · United States · Aviation accident
- Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
Dec 29, 1968–Sep 12, 1980 · Türkiye · War & armed conflict
- 1968 Tokachi earthquake
May 16, 1968 · Japan · Earthquake
- 1968–1969 Japanese university protests
1968–1969 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- 1968 Chicago riots
Apr 5, 1968–Apr 7, 1968 · United States · Riot & unrest
- University of Tokyo Conflict
1968–1969 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Air France Flight 1611
Sep 11, 1968 · France · Aviation accident
- The Tragedy of Gate 12
Jun 23, 1968 · Argentina · Stampede & crowd crush
- Braniff International Airways Flight 352
May 3, 1968 · United States · Aviation accident
- Ikenobō Mangetsujō hotel fire
Nov 2, 1968 · Japan · Fire
- Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre
Feb 12, 1968 · Vietnam · Massacre
- Farmington Mine disaster
Nov 20, 1968 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- Guangdong Cultural Revolution Massacre
Jul 1968–Oct 1968 · China · Massacre
- Shinjuku riot
Oct 21, 1968 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- Yokosuka Line train bombing case
Jun 16, 1968 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Robison family murders
Jun 25, 1968 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1968 Israeli raid on Beirut Airport
Dec 28, 1968 · Lebanon · War & armed conflict
- El Al Flight 426
Jul 23, 1968 · Algeria · Aviation accident
- South African Airways Flight 228
Apr 20, 1968 · Namibia · Aviation accident
- 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown
May 12, 1968 · Vietnam · Aviation accident
- Aer Lingus Flight 712
Mar 24, 1968 · Ireland · Aviation accident
- Pueblo incident
Jan 23, 1968 · United States · Crisis
- 1968 Peruvian coup d'état
Oct 3, 1968 · Peru · War & armed conflict
- Hà My massacre
Feb 25, 1968 · Vietnam · Massacre
- Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892
May 28, 1968 · India · Aviation accident
- Verjährungsskandal
May 24, 1968 · Germany · Crime & justice
- New Year's Day battle of 1968
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 2, 1968 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- San Miguel Canoa massacre
Sep 14, 1968 · Mexico · Massacre
- 1968 Black Forest tornado
Jul 10, 1968 · Germany · Natural disaster
- List of projectile attacks from Lebanon on Israel and the Golan Heights
from 1968 · Israel · War & armed conflict
- Frankfurt department store firebombings
Apr 2, 1968 · Germany · Attack (other)
- Glenville shootout
Jan 1, 1968 · United States · Shooting
- Hixon rail crash
Jan 6, 1968 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Air France Flight 212 (1968)
Mar 6, 1968 · Guadeloupe · Aviation accident
- Tet Offensive attack on the United States embassy
Jan 31, 1968 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Anatoly Utkin
Jan 1, 1968–Jan 1, 1973 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- Pan Am Flight 217
Dec 12, 1968 · Venezuela · Aviation accident
- Murder of Carol Jenkins
Sep 16, 1968 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Trojanki criminal group
1968–1973 · Poland
- Murder of José Pardines
Jun 7, 1968 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- Baltimore riot of 1968
Apr 14, 1968 · United States · Riot & unrest