September 1968

Friday 06:

Swaziland becomes independent.

Friday 13:

Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.

Sunday 15:

The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

Friday 27:

The stage musical, "Hair", opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July, 1973.