Editing 1968 (section)

=== May&ndash;June ===
{{Main|May 1968}}
{{Main|June 1968}}
[[File:1968-05 Évènements de mai à Bordeaux - Rue Paul-Bert 2.jpg|150px|thumb|May 2–June 23: Protests in France grow and demonstrators barricade the streets]]
* [[May 2]] – The [[Israel Broadcasting Authority]] commences television broadcasts.
* [[May 3]] – [[Braniff Flight 352]] crashes near [[Dawson, Texas]], United States, killing all 85 people on board.
* [[May 13]]
** [[May 1968 protests in France|Paris student riots]]: One million march through the streets of Paris.
** [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] wins the [[1967–68 Football League First Division]] by 2 clear points, over English club rivals Manchester United.
* [[May 16]] – [[Ronan Point]], a 23 floor tower block in Canning Town, east London, partially collapses after a gas explosion, killing 5.
* [[May 17]] – The [[Catonsville Nine]] enter the [[Selective Service]] offices in [[Catonsville, Maryland]], take dozens of selective service draft records, and burn them with [[napalm]] as a protest against the [[Vietnam War]].
* [[May 18]]
** [[Mattel]]'s ''[[Hot Wheels]]'' toy cars are introduced in the United States.
** [[West Bromwich Albion]] win the English Football Association Cup, defeating Everton 1–0 after extra time. The winning goal is scored by [[Jeff Astle]].
* [[May 19]]
** [[1968 Italian general election]].
** Nigerian forces capture [[Port Harcourt]] and form a ring around the [[Nigerian Civil War|Biafrans]]. This contributes to a humanitarian disaster as the surrounded population already suffers from hunger and starvation.
* [[May 22]] – The U.S. nuclear-powered [[submarine]] [[USS Scorpion (SSN-589)|''Scorpion'']] sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the [[Azores]].
* [[May 29]] – [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] wins the [[European Champion Clubs' Cup|European Cup Final]], becoming the first English team to do so.
* [[May 30]] – [[Bobby Unser]] wins the [[Indianapolis 500]].
* [[June 2]] – [[1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia|Student demonstrations in Yugoslavia]] start in [[Belgrade]].
* [[June 3]] – [[Radical feminist]] [[Valerie Solanas]] shoots [[Andy Warhol]] at his New York City studio, [[The Factory]]; he survives after a 5-hour operation.
* [[June 4]] – The [[S&P 500|Standard & Poor's 500]] index in the United States closes above 100 for the first time, at 100.38.
* [[June 5]] – [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy]]: Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]], a leading [[1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1968 Democratic presidential candidate]], is shot at the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles]]. Palestinian-born [[Sirhan Sirhan]] is arrested.
* [[June 7]] – [[Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968|Ford sewing machinists strike]] for [[equal pay]] starts at the [[Ford Dagenham]] plant in London.
* [[June 10]] – [[Italy national football team|Italy]] beats [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] 2–0 in a replay to win the [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968 European Championship]] in Association football. The original final on [[June 8]] ended 1–1.
* [[June 12]] – The horror film ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' premieres in the U.S.
* [[June 17]] – The [[Malayan Communist Party]] launches a [[Second Malayan Emergency|second insurgency]] and the state of emergency is again imposed in [[Malaysia]].
* [[June 20]] – [[Austin Currie]], Member of the [[Parliament of Northern Ireland]], along with others, squats in a house in [[Caledon, County Tyrone|Caledon]] to protest discrimination in housing allocations.
* [[June 21]] – A [[student demonstration]] in front of the [[Jornal do Brasil]] ("JB") building in Rio de Janeiro ends with 28 dead and over a thousand arrested.
* [[June 23]]
** [[The Tragedy of Gate 12|Puerta 12 tragedy]]: A football stampede in [[Buenos Aires]] leaves 74 dead and 150 injured.
** The first round of voting takes place in the [[1968 French legislative election|French legislative elections]] scheduled following the public unrest of [[May 1968 in France|May]].
* [[June 26]]
** The [[Bonin Islands]] are returned to Japan after 23 years of occupation by the United States Navy.
** The "[[March of the One Hundred Thousand]]" takes place in [[Rio de Janeiro]] as crowds demonstrate against the [[Brazilian military government]].