WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1968
Find out what all happened February to April 1968

Pierre Elliot Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after. (6. April 1968)

Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces. (1. February 1968)

Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations. (24. April 1968)

Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah. (21. March 1968)

Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. (1. February 1968)

BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after take off. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime. (8. April 1968)

In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. (17. February 1968)

The Memphis Sanitation Strike begins. (11. February 1968)

English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech. (20. April 1968)

Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué. (24. February 1968)

Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre. (12. February 1968)

American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina. (8. February 1968)

Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship. (28. March 1968)

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. (3. April 1968)

Three black males are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation. (6. March 1968)

Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom. (12. March 1968)

The first of the East L.A. walkouts take place at several high schools. (6. March 1968)

General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado. (16. March 1968)

Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops. (16. March 1968)

The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway. (29. April 1968)