July 1968

Monday 01:

Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO.

Tuesday 09:

Official opening of Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank.

Wednesday 10:

Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France

Sunday 14:

Hank Aaron becomes the eighth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Thursday 18:

1968 - Intel incorporated.

Friday 26:

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.

Saturday 27:

Pink Floyd releases the album A Saucerful of Secrets in the USA.