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The following events occurred in June 1968:
June 1, 1968 (Saturday)
- The flag of Alberta is officially adopted by the government of the Canadian province.[1]
- Born: Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer, in Melbourne
- Died: Helen Keller, 87, US author, political activist, and lecturer, and the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts qualification
June 2, 1968 (Sunday)
- In the Ecuadorian general election, José María Velasco Ibarra of the Velasquista National Federation receive 32.8% of the vote to become president for a fifth term.[2]
- Student protests in Belgrade lead to police intervention. The situation is calmed by President Josip Broz Tito, who gives in to some of the students’ demands.[3][4]
- In the Turkish senate elections, the Justice Party (AP) wins 49.9% of the vote.[5] In this election 53 members of the senate were elected.(50 members for 1/3 of the senate and 3 empty seats) [6]
June 3, 1968 (Monday)
- Feminist campaigner Valerie Solanas attempts to kill artist Andy Warhol as he enters his studio. She fires three shots, wounding him, and also slightly wounds art critic Mario Amaya. After a five-hour operation, Warhol recovers.[7]
June 4, 1968 (Tuesday)
- The S&P 500 stock market index, considered by many a bellwether for the U.S. economy,[8] closes above 100 for the first time, at 100.38.
- Died: Walter Nash, 86, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand
June 5, 1968 (Wednesday)
- US politician and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot three times at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Jordanian activist Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy is taken to Central Receiving Hospital, where doctors manually massage his heart.,[9] and then transferred to the Hospital of the Good Samaritan for surgery.
June 6, 1968 (Thursday)
- Died: Robert F. Kennedy, 42, US politician and presidential candidate, of gunshot wounds incurred the previous day.
- Died: Randolph Churchill, 57, English journalist and politician, son of Sir Winston Churchill (heart attack)[10]
June 7, 1968 (Friday)
- In the UK, sewing machinists go on strike at the Ford Dagenham assembly plant: women workers demand pay comparable to that of men. The strike would be a catalyst for the passing of the Equal Pay Act 1970.
- Died: Dan Duryea, 61, US actor (cancer)
June 8, 1968 (Saturday)
- James Earl Ray is arrested at Heathrow Airport in London for the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray is spotted at the check-in desk while trying to leave the UK on a false Canadian passport under the name Sneyd, which is on a Royal Canadian Mounted Police watchlist.[11]
- Italy and Yugoslavia draw 1–1 in the final of the 1968 European Championship soccer tournament.
June 9, 1968 (Sunday)
- The Belgian Grand Prix takes place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and is won by Bruce McLaren.[12]
- The final of the DFB-Pokal football tournament, is played at Südweststadion in Ludwigshafen, Germany,[13][14] and is won by FC Köln, who defeat VfL Bochum 4-1.
- The 1968 Surfers Paradise 4-Hour endurance race for touring cars is held at Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland, Australia, and is won by John French, in
June 10, 1968 (Monday)
- Italy beats Yugoslavia 2–0 in a replay of the final of the 1968 European Championship.
June 11, 1968 (Tuesday)
- The 1968 Giro d'Italia cycle race concludes in Naples, with Belgian Eddy Merckx the overall winner.[16]
- The progress of the Gun Control Act of 1968 is delayed by a tied vote in the US House Judiciary Committee.[17]
June 12, 1968 (Wednesday)
- The controversial film Rosemary's Baby, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow, receives its premiere in the United States. In 2014, the film would be selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[18]
- After the withdrawal of Soo Line Railroad's objections, the Interstate Commerce Commission confirms its approval of the proposed merger of Chicago and North Western Railway with Chicago Great Western Railroad.[19]
June 13, 1968 (Thursday)
- Hurricane Abby dissipates and is absorbed by a cold front.[20]
June 14, 1968 (Friday)
- Died: Salvatore Quasimodo, 66, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (cerebral hemorrhage)
June 15, 1968 (Saturday)
- In the UK, the Sheffield Brightside by-election, brought about by the death of sitting Labour MP Richard Winterbottom, is retained for the party by Edward Griffiths.[21]
June 16, 1968 (Sunday)
- The U.S. Open golf tournament is won by Lee Trevino.
June 17, 1968 (Monday)
- The Malayan Communist Party launches a second insurgency and the Second Malayan Emergency is imposed.
- Tom Stoppard's play, The Real Inspector Hound, starring Richard Briers and Ronnie Barker, opens at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End.
- Died: Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron), 67, French commercial artist, suicide[22]
June 18, 1968 (Tuesday)
- The 37th Air Division (37th AD) of the United States Air Force is inactivated and abandons Hopedale Air Station in Canada.[23]
June 19, 1968 (Wednesday)
- The Miss Perú 1968 beauty pageant is won by María Esther Brambilla.[24]
June 20, 1968 (Thursday)
- Stormont MP Austin Currie becomes a squatter in Caledon, County Tyrone, to draw attention to discrimination in housing allocation in Northern Ireland.
- Discussions resume on the Gun Control Bill in the US, as the House Judiciary Committee withdraws its earlier objections.[25]
- David Ruffin is fired from The Temptations for missing a performance, after developed a cocaine addition and begins questioning Berry Gordy's handling of the group's financial affairs.[26]
- Born: Robert Rodriguez, US filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician, in San Antonio, Texas
June 21, 1968 (Friday)
- The 18th Berlin International Film Festival opens in Berlin, West Germany.[27]
June 22, 1968 (Saturday)
- Tropical Storm Annette dissipates near Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, with no recorded damage.
June 23, 1968 (Sunday)
- "Puerta 12 tragedy": A stampede at a football match between Boca Juniors and Club Atlético River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, results in 74 deaths; the average age of the victims is 19. 150 other people are injured.[28][29]
- Following the public unrest of May 1968, the first round of voting in the French legislative election takes place.
June 24, 1968 (Monday)
- Giorgio Rosa declares the independence of the Republic of Rose Island, an artificial island constructed to his own design off Rimini, Italy, consisting of a 400-square-metre (4,300 sq ft) platform supported by nine pylons, equipped with a restaurant, bar, nightclub, shop and post office. Italian police quickly take possession.[30]
- St-Jean-Baptiste Day: Riots attributed to Quebecois separatists break out in Montreal during a visit by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Trudeau refuses to leave despite threats to his safety.[31]
June 25, 1968 (Tuesday)
- In the Canadian federal election, the Liberal Party of Canada, under its leader, incumbent Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, on a wave of "Trudeaumania".[32]
- Died: Tony Hancock, 44, English comedian, having committed suicide in his flat in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, by overdosing on amylo-barbitone tablets washed down with vodka[33][34]
June 26, 1968 (Wednesday)
- March of the One Hundred Thousand: In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, protests take place against the country's military government.[35]
- The Bonin Islands, also known as the Ogasawara Islands, are returned to Japan after 23 years of occupation by the United States Navy, and Japanese citizens are allowed to return.[36]
June 27, 1968 (Thursday)
- The 5th Israel Super Cup is played in Tel Aviv. Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. defeat Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. by 2 goals to 1 to take the trophy.[37][38]
June 28, 1968 (Friday)
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June 29, 1968 (Saturday)
- The "Midsummer High Weekend" rock concert is held in Hyde Park, London; Pink Floyd, T-Rex, Jethro Tull and Roy Harper are among those appearing. It was the first large free concert ever held in the UK.[39]
June 30, 1968 (Sunday)
- The second round of voting in the French legislative election, Georges Pompidou's UDR retains control of the National Assembly.
- The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy heavy military transport aircraft makes its first flight in the United States.
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