1968: what happened around the world

In 1968, 178 events recorded on Erask's globe began — Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, May 68 and My Lai Massacre among the best known. 96 more were already under way, such as Cultural Revolution and The Troubles. 154 things were founded or built that year, from Eswatini and Nauru.

178events began
96already under way
154founded or built
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Wars, battles and sieges76

+36 less-known, on the globe.

Revolts, massacres and attacks45

+5 less-known, on the globe.

Accidents and fires43

+3 less-known, on the globe.

Disasters9

Treaties, councils and politics4

Expeditions1

Already under way in 196896

Came to an end in 196811

Founded or built in 1968154

+124 more, on the globe.

Stories that pass through 1968

Volcanic EruptionsEvery significant eruption on record since 1500 How America Filled UpEvery American city of 60,000 people, in the year it began Women's SuffrageA map filling in, one country at a time, 1893-2012 DecolonisationHow a third of the world stopped belonging to somebody else, 1945–1990 Nuclear detonationsEvery recorded nuclear test, 1945–1998

Nearby years

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 All of the 20th century →

Every entry comes from Wikidata and links to its Wikipedia article; entries are ordered by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them. Only things with a date are listed, and dates before the modern era are often approximate. How this is made →