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On 27 March 1968, the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (MPRS), the legislative branch of Indonesia, met to elect the president of the country for the 1968–1973 term. It was the third presidential election in Indonesia after the 1945 and 1963 elections .
Flight 892 arrived at Santacruz Airport in Bombay at 01:45 a.m. local time (08:15 p.m. UTC 27 May). [1] Having originated from Jakarta at 06:00 p.m. local time (11:00 a.m. UTC) the previous evening with preceding stopovers in Singapore and Bangkok, the flight was part of the airline's Jakarta to Amsterdam milk run service with stopovers in Singapore, Bangkok, Bombay, Karachi, Cairo, and Rome.
Hill, Hal (1994) in Indonesia's New Order: The Dynamics of Socio-economic Transformation (Ed, Hal Hill), Allen & Unwin, Australia, ISBN 1-86373-229-2 pp56–57 "Indonesia: Arrests, torture and intimidation: The Government's response to its critics". Amnesty International. 27 November 1996. Archived from the original on 9 November 2005.
Martinair Flight 138 (PH-MBH) Leased to Garuda Indonesia for a Hajj flight crashed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing all 191 on board 24 September 1975 Flight 150, a Fokker F28-1000 (named Mahakem), crashed on approach to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport in Palembang. The accident, which was attributed to poor weather and fog, killed 25 out of ...
A year later, on 27 March 1968, another session of the MPRS appointed Suharto the second president of Indonesia. [ 27 ] General Nasution was believed to have launched his own bid for power on 16 December 1965, when he won appointment to the Supreme Operations Command and gained a grip over the traditionally civilian-held portion of the military ...
Suharto was officially elected on 27 March 1968 to a full five-year term, officially becoming the second president of Indonesia. [64] Nasution's advice would only materialize towards the end of Suharto's first term, when Suharto gave such an address on the 1973 MPR General Session.
May 10, 1968: France protests grow and demonstrators barricade the streets (as seen in Bordeaux) May 12, 1968: Reggie Dwight of Pinner assumes stage name "Elton John" May 22, 1968: USS Scorpion nuclear submarine sank with all 99 of its crew May 18, 1968: Nuclear-powered Nimbus-B destroyed before it can hit California
On 12 March 1967, the MPRS agreed to withdraw its mandate from Sukarno and remove him as president. Suharto replaced Sukarno as acting president until 27 March 1968, when he was formally elected as the second president of Indonesia. 2 27 March 1968: 23 March 1973 1968: 30 years, 55 days Golkar (supported by the military) Vacant: 23 March 1973