31 december 1968 was een dinsdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♑. Het was de 365e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Lyndon B. Johnson.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 56 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op dinsdag 31 december 2024, 307 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op woensdag 31 december 2025, in 57 dagen. Je hebt 20.761 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 498.275 uur, of ongeveer 29.896.512 minuten, of ongeveer 1.793.790.720 seconden.
Date: 31 December 1968
refugees from Chinese occupation lead attack on Chinese Communist Embassy, New Delhi, protesting harassment of Indian Express ed F Moraes by Chinese on road in Nepal; Moraes incident linked by Tibetans to his book Revolt in Tibet; demonstrators smash embassy windows, try to tear down flag; 46 arrested; embassy charge of Govt connivance denied
Date: 01 January 1969
Pres Costa e Silva asks nation understand repressive Dec decrees suspending Cong, imposing censorship, arresting opposition politicians and newsmen, TV-radio s; says he had no alternative when Cong refused to surrender for trial member who criticized mil; pol rights of 11 Congressmen suspended for 10 yrs
Date: 01 January 1969
Internatl Press Inst lauds attitude of Czech press toward liberalization before and after USSR invasion
Date: 01 January 1969
By DOUGLAS W. CRAY
Douglas CRAY
Trading floor at close of final trading day of '68 illus
Date: 31 December 1968
By JOHN J. ABELE
John ABELE
Date: 01 January 1969
By JOHN J. ABELE
John ABELE
NY Times combined stock avg at 552.92
Date: 31 December 1968
Special to The New York Times
NY Times reporter R Sullivan declines to appear before a Jersey City grand jury to testify on article he wrote disclosing that numbers and horse race bets were being taken in Hudson County's prosecutor's office; NY Times atty E L Smith cites NJ law that protects reporters from being required to disclose sources of information, lr to Hudson Country prosecutor
Date: 31 December 1968
NBC camerman wounded while covering mil operation near Danang
Date: 01 January 1969
By ANTHONY LEWIS
Anthony LEWIS
Date: 31 December 1968
Agreement on sale of 260,000 acres for almost $100-million reached by GAC Corp, buyer, and Deseret Farms; is 1 of largest land deals ever made; agreement conditional on proposed merger of GAC and Gulf Amer Corp