April 1968

Wednesday 03:

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "mountaintop" speech.

Thursday 04:

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.

Saturday 06:

In London, United Kingdom, Massiel wins the thirteenth Eurovision Song Contest for Spain singing "La, la, la".

Sunday 07:

Formula One racer Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula 2 race in Hockenheim, Germany.

Thursday 11:

German student leader Rudi Dutschke is shot in Berlin

Friday 12:

Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah

Saturday 20:

English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood Speech.

Tuesday 23:

Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.

Wednesday 24:

Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.