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British Prime Minister Harold Wilson endorses the 'I'm Backing Britain' campaign for working an additional half hour each day without pay.
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Prime minister John Gorton
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The Battle of Khe Sanh.
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1968 Winter Olympics
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assasinated
http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htmMartin Luther King Jr, was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. -
The Beatles announce the creation of Apple Records
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Manchester United Wine European Cup
Manchester United wins the European Cup Final, becoming the first English team to do so. -
Robert Kennedy was assassinated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._KennedyRobert Kennedy was assassinated shortly after midnight in Los Angeles, California. -
July 29 – Arenal Volcano erupts in Costa Rica for the first time in centuries.
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Two charter buses push into the Hida River on National Highway Route 41 in Japan, in an accident caused by heavy rain; 104 are killed.
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Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", occurs in Tokyo.
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In Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado takes power in a revolution.
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