Editing 1968 (section)

{{Events by month|1968}}
{{About year|1968}}
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*[[Alexander Dubček]] comes to power in [[Czechoslovakia]], beginning a brief period of democratic reform known as the [[Prague Spring]];
*The [[USS Pueblo (AGER-2)|USS Pueblo]] is captured by [[North Korea]], with its crew being held as [[prisoners of war]] for nearly a year; 
*The [[Viet Cong]] launch the [[Tet Offensive]], which is characterized by a series of surprise attacks on [[South Vietnam]]; 
*Social conflicts over the [[Vietnam War]] and [[racism]] escalate, leading to [[Protests of 1968|worldwide protests and riots]]; 
*Civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] is [[Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.|shot and killed]] outside the [[Lorraine Motel]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]; 
*United States politician [[Robert F. Kennedy]] is [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated]] by a [[pro-Palestinian]] nationalist while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination at the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]; 
*[[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|Warsaw Pact nations invade Czechoslovakia]], bringing an end to the Prague Spring; 
*[[Apollo 8]] becomes the first [[human spaceflight]] to reach the [[Moon]]. 
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