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Thousands of people protested in Japan as the American aircraft carrier USS Enterprise made the first visit to that nation by a nuclear-powered ship, docking at the U.S. Navy base at Sasebo. The port was about 50 miles (80 km) from Nagasaki , which on August 9, 1945, had seen the second and last site of nuclear warfare.
January 17 – Lyndon B. Johnson calls for the non-conversion of the U.S. dollar. January 18 – The Soviet Union performs a nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalatinsk. January 19 – At a White House conference on crime, singer and actress Eartha Kitt denounces the Vietnam War to Lady Bird Johnson while attending a "ladies' lunch". January 21
Daryle Lamont Jenkins (born 1968), civil rights activist and founder of One People's Project [254] Joseph Zadroga (1947–2024), advocate for first responders sickened from their time in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the September 11 terrorist attacks [ 255 ]
Jerry Simon (born 1968) – American-Israeli basketball player; Diamon Simpson (born 1987) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League; O. J. Simpson (1947–2024) – football player (Buffalo Bills), actor, and convicted felon; Simon Singer (born 1941) – world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
Afrikaans; Алтай тил; Anarâškielâ; Ænglisc; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Արեւմտահայերէն; Asturianu; Aymar aru; Azərbaycanca
1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States. 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict. 1871 – Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St ...
From top left, clockwise: Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, beginning a brief period of democratic reform known as the Prague Spring; The 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 Beatles were the only group or artist to have more than one #1 song in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. Their song " Hey Jude " was the best-performing single in 1968, spending a total of nine consecutive weeks atop the chart and tying the record at the time for the most consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, set by " Theme from A ...