November 1968

Tuesday 05:

U.S. presidential election, 1968: Republican challenger Richard M. Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace.

Monday 11:

A second republic is declared in the Maldives.

Wednesday 20:

Vietnam War: Eleven men comprising a Long Range Patrol team from F Company, 58th Infantry, 101st_Airborne are surrounded and nearly wiped out by North_Vietnamese_Army regulars from the 4th and 5th Regiment. The seven wounded survivors and their fallen brothers are rescued after several hours by an impromptu force made of other men from their unit.

Friday 22:

The Beatles release The White Album.

Tuesday 26:

British rock band Cream performs their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall.