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| 1st Lunar Orbit Borman, Frank |  |
| 21st Dec Commander of Appollo 8 which is launched, becoming the first craft to orbit the Moon |
| Allman Brothers Allman, Duane | |
| Founder Member of The Allman Brothers |
| Allman Brothers Allman, Greg | |
| Founder Member of The Allman Brothers |
| Arc Lght McNamara, Robert | |
| 1st Feb McNamara approves a sortie rate of 1,200 effective from 1st Feb |
| Arc Lght Westmoreland, William | |
| 1st Feb McNamara approves a sortie rate of 1,200 effective from 1st Feb |
| Arrest of Ray Ray, James Earl | |
| 8th June London Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport |
| Assassination of Kennedy Kennedy, Robert Francis | |
| 5th June Los Angeles Assassinated in a hotel after leaving a primary victory celebration |
| Assassination of King, Jnr King, Martin Luther | |
| 4th April Memphis Shot dead while stepping out onto a motel room balcony in Memphis |
| Assassination of King Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 3rd April Memphis Five days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader |
| Assassination of King King, Martin Luther | |
| Mar Memphis King goes to Memphis , Tennessee, in support of the black sanitary public works employees, represented by AFSCME Local 1733, who had been on strike since March 12 for higher wages and better treatment |
| 3rd April Memphis Five days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader |
| 3rd April Memphis King is booked in room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, owned by Walter Bailey, in Memphis , while standing on the motel's 2nd floor balcony, King is shot at 6:01 p.m. |
| 3rd April Memphis King is pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 p.m. |
| 3rd April Memphis King returns to Memphis and addresses a rally, delivering his "I've been to the Mountaintop" address at Mason Temple (Church of God in Chris t, Inc. - World Headquarters), King's flight to Memphis had been delayed by a bomb threat against his plane |
| 3rd April Memphis The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities |
| Assassination of King Ray, James Earl | |
| 8th June London Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport |
| 8th June London Two months after King's death, escaped convict James Earl Ray is captured at London Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the United Kingdom on a false Canadian passport in the name of Ramon George Sneyd |
| Battle of Khesanh Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Khesanh The Vietcong lose 10,000 & are defeated |
| Khesanh The Vietcong try to capture a 6,000 man USAbase with a force of 40,000 |
| Bombing of Cambodia Beecher, Willam | |
| May New York Exposes the secret bombings of Cambodia |
| May New York The bombing of Cambodia is only officially acknowledged in 1973 |
| Bombing of Cambodia Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 17th Mar Washington Bombing begins over Cambodia |
| 17th Mar Washington Menu or short-duration bombing of Vietcong sanctuaries, lasts for 14 months |
| Bombing of Vietnam Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 19th parallel Announces the cessation of bombing Nth of the 19th parallel in Vietnam |
| 31st Mar 20th parallel Announces cessation of bombing nth of the 20th parallel to negotiate a solution |
| 31st Oct Announces bombing in nth Vietnam will stop |
| 31st Oct Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the Presidential Election |
| 1st Nov Calls a complete halt to the bombing of Nth Vietnam during diplomatic talks |
| Bombing of Vietnam Vance, Cyrus | |
| Sent as USArepresentitive to propose bombing cessation but conditions are rejected |
| Campaign Manager Mitchell, John | |
| Appointed campaign manager for Richard Nixon's election as President |
| Capture of Pueblo, USS Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Jan The Nth Koreans capture USS Pueblo, Johnson sends 26 more B-52s to the Pacific |
| Casualties Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| The USAhas lost over 31,000 lives & are losing 300 per week |
| CINCPAC McCain, John | |
| July Appointed CINCPAC |
| Commander US Forces Vietnam Abrams, Creighton | |
| 3rd July Appointed Commander of the USAforces in Vietnam |
| Complete Victory Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 8th April Washington Over 100,000 begin an offensive against Communist forces in 11 provinces around Saigon |
| Composition of Bolan Visconti, Anthony | |
| Produces "Prophets, Seers & Sages - The Angels of the Ages", the second album by Tyrannosaurus Rex |
| Produces the album Prophets, Seers & Sages - The Angels of the Ages for the British band T-Rex kick-starting his influential career & production of a further 7 T-Rex Albums |
| Composition of Fame Visconti, Anthony | |
| Produces recordings for successful jazz vocalist Georgie Fame |
| Composition of Hendrix Hendrix, John Allen | |
| 20th May Releases Album, "Electric Ladyland" |
| Composition of Simon & Garfunkel Garfunkel, Art | |
| New York Simon & Garfunkel release, "Bookends" |
| Simon & Garfunkel release, "The Graduate" |
| Composition of Simon & Garfunkel Simon, Paul | |
| Simon & Garfunkel release, "Bookends" |
| Simon & Garfunkel release, "The Graduate" |
| Conference of Paris Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 10th May Paris Peace talks begin in Paris with North Vietnamese officials |
| CSN&Y Crosby, David Van Cortland | |
| Founder Member of Crosby, Stills , Nash & Young |
| CSN&Y Nash, Graham | |
| Founder Member of Crosby, Stills , Nash & Young |
| CSN&Y Stills, Stephen | |
| Founder Member of Crosby, Stills , Nash & Young |
| Death of Kennedy, Robert Francis Kennedy, Robert Francis | |
| 5th June Los Angeles Assassinated in a hotel after leaving a primary victory celebration |
| Death of King, Jnr, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther | |
| 4th April Memphis Shot dead while stepping out onto a motel room balcony in Memphis |
| 9th April Memphis A crowd of 300,000 attend Martin Luther King's funeral |
| Death of Steinbeck, John Ernst Steinbeck, John Ernst | |
| 20th Dec Death of John Ernst Steinbeck |
| Diplomacy Bowles, Chester | |
| Discusses USAaccess to Cambodia if it is invaded by Nth Vietnam with Sihanouk |
| Diplomacy Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| 14th April Meets Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin & proposes a negotiating channel with Nth Vietnam |
| Diplomacy Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Nov Washington Withdraws from Vietnam without "defeat" by improving relations with China & Russia |
| Education of Clinton Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| Oxford A Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1968 and 1970 |
| Election Humphrey, Hubert | |
| 5th Nov Defeated by Richard Nixon by 31.7 million to 31.2 million votes |
| General Westmoreland, William | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff for the USAArmy |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Army |
| Government Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Washington Establishes the Senior Interdepartmental Group for high officials below cabinet level |
| 31st Mar Washington Announces decision to retire |
| 11th April Washington Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing |
| 1st July Washington Signs the treaty announcing talks are to take place on strategic arms limitation |
| 21st Aug Leningrad Says will attend summit with Kosygin on Sept 30th, aborted by Soviet invasion of Czech |
| Government Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Germany |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th Aug Nominated to stand for Presidential office by the Republican Party |
| 24th Oct Will restore the National Security Council to its preeminent role in national security |
| 5th Nov Defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey & Governor George Wallace |
| 5th Nov Washington Appointed President of the USA, 37th President, 1st term |
| Guthrie Memorial Concert Zimmerman, Robert Allen | |
| 3rd Oct Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967, and Dylan makes his first live appearance in twenty months at a Guthrie memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968 |
| Igloo White Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Washington Sensors are dropped on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, activity triggers off bombing raids |
| Light Arc Westmoreland, William | |
| Feb The monthly sortie rate is increased to 1,800 |
| Massacre My Lai Calley, Jnr, William | |
| 16th Mar My Lai A massacre by USAtroops, allegedly under the orders of Lt Calley |
| Mobilization Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Washington By the end of 1968 550,000 are stationed in Vietnam |
| National Book Award Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| Awarded a National Book Award |
| Niagra Westmoreland, William | |
| 21st Jan Kheh Orders Operation Niagra after the Viet Cong strke Khe Sanh |
| Olympic Gold Medal Foreman, George Edward | |
| Wins the Olympic heavyweight title |
| Olympic Gold Medal Fosbury, Dick | |
| Mexico City Winner of the Olympic high jump Gold Medal, with the "Fosbury flop" |
| Peace Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 31st Oct Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the Presidential Election |
| Peace Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th Dec Washington A message is sent to Hanoi indicating an interest in a peace settlement |
| Peace Vance, Cyrus | |
| Sent as representitive to forward proposals to cease bombing, conditions are rejected |
| 11th Oct Preconditions to cease bombing are made informal, they are still rejected |
| Pegasus Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 1st 15 Kheh 30,000 raise the siege of marines in Khe Sanh, the Nth Vietnamese retreat into Laos |
| President Humphrey, Hubert | |
| 28th Aug Appointed Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party |
| Publication of Heller Heller, Joseph | |
| Publication of, " We Bombed in New Haven" |
| Publication of Mailer Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| "Armies of the Night" |
| "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" |
| Publication of Vidal Vidal, Gore | |
| Publication of, "Myra Breckinridge" |
| Pulitzer Prize Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| Awarded a Pulitzer Prize |
| Retirement Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 31st Mar Washington Announces decision to retire |
| Rolling Thunder Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 1st Nov Brought to a halt, emphasis is placed on the trail network in Laos |
| Senior Advisory Group Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Leaves sth Vietnam & serves on Johnson's Senior Advisory Group |
| Siege of Khe Sanh Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 1st 15 Kheh 30,000 raise the siege of marines in Khe Sanh, the Nth Vietnamese retreat into Laos |
| Tet Offensive Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Cities such as Kontum, My Tho, Ben Tre & Hue are destroyed during fighting |
| The Tet Offensive results in Johnson having to bow out of the Presidential elections |
| 31st Jan Washington An offensive launched by the nth Vietnamese to overthrow the sth Vietnamese government |
| Mar The nth Vietnamese offensive is repelled but this leads to anti-war protests |
| Mar The Tet offensive is contained by the USAat the cost of 165,000 civilian lives |
| Trial of Sirhan Sirhan, Sirhan | |
| 97 June Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination |
| US Open Ashe, Arthur | |
| Winner of the men's USAtennis open |
| Vice Chief of Staff Palmer Jnr Palmer Jnr, Bruce | |
| Appointed Vice Chief-of-Staff of the Army |
| Vice Chief of Staff Palmer Jnr, Bruce | |
| Appointed Vice Chief-of-Staff of the Army |
| Vice President Agnew, Spiro | |
| Appointed Vice Presidential running mate for Richard Nixon |
| Vice President Lemay, Curtis | |
| Appointed Vice Presidential running mate for George Wallace |
| World Champion Frazier, Joseph William | |
| Frazier defeats Manuel Ramos of Mexico in 2 rounds to defend his title |
| New York Ali had to leave his world heavyweight title vacant due to legal repercussions from his refusal to serve in the Vietnam War, and the New York commission decided to hold a title fight between Frazier and Buster Mathis |
| New York Becomes World heavy weight champion, defeats Busther Mathis |
