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October 12, 1968: Equatorial Guinea becomes world's newest nation October 11–22, 1968: Apollo 7 launched with Eisele, Schirra and Cunningham October 12, 1968: Summer Olympics open in Mexico City, 10 days after protesters massacred October 18, 1968: Bob Beamon shatters long jump record October 16, 1968: U.S. Olympians Carlos and Smith protest during U.S. anthem
October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1968 – Susan Tully, English actress, director, and producer;
Oct 20, 1968 A: 45, D: 17, R: 222, Tossup: 154 ... in the poll aggregators from April 1968 to Election Day. ... in October 1968 estimated that 121.5 million people ...
October 2 – Tlatelolco massacre: A student demonstration ends in bloodbath at La Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico, 10 days before the inauguration of the 1968 Summer Olympics. 300-400 are estimated to have been killed.
The PAVN violated the New Year's truce in the New Year's Day Battle of 1968. ... 20 October. A USAF C-47D crashed 32 km south of Buôn Ma Thuột killing all 23 on board.
October 2 – North Cascades National Park is established. October 7 – At the height of protests against the Vietnam War, José Feliciano performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Tiger Stadium in Detroit during Game 5 pre-game ceremonies of the 1968 World Series between the Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals. His personalized, slow, Latin jazz ...
October 9: Leif Erikson Day in the United States, ... 1968 – At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, ... October 20. Pope Pius XII.
The final was held on October 20, 1968. Each jumper again had three attempts at each height, with the bar starting at 2.00 metres. Three jumpers were unable to perform as well as they had in the qualification.