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Historical Event(s)
– North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12/13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral-Balmoral.
– Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 in France.
– The first Special Olympics is held.
– Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzũ is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
– James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
– Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
– Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney Riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
– A second republic is declared in the Maldives.
Who Were Born On ?
– Matt King, British actor and comedian
– Shawn Graham, Canadian politician
– Kevin Carolan, American actor and comedian
– Bobby Sheehan, American musician (Blues Traveler) (d. 1999)
– Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer
– Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player
– Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
– Marcus Schenkenberg, Swedish model
– Kristen Cloke, American actress
– Samir Soni, Indian film actor