February 1968

Thursday 01:

Vietnam War: Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem is executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The execution was videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams and helped sway public opinion against the war.

Sunday 04:

Bowie Kuhn becomes the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball, replacing William Eckert

Monday 05:

The Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War began.

Tuesday 06:

1968 Winter Olympic Games open in Grenoble, France.

Thursday 08:

American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the deaths of three college students. (Orangeburg Massacre)

Sunday 11:

Madison Square Garden III closes and Madison Square Garden IV opens in New York City

Friday 16:

In Haleyville, Alabama the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.

Saturday 17:

In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.

Saturday 24:

Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.