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  1. 31st August 1968

    Nigerian leader Yakubu Gowon signals that the Biafran conflict could soon be over.

  2. 30th August 1968

    Several of Eugene McCarthy's staff are beaten after Chicago police raid their headquarters

  3. 29th August 1968

    The former ambassador to Czechoslovakia tells of his lucky escape from a Russian tank.

  4. 28th August 1968

    The Democrats choose Hubert Humphrey as their candidate for the White House.

  5. 27th August 1968

    Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek returns from Moscow and broadcasts an emotional plea.

  6. 26th August 1968

    The Democratic Party convention opens in Chicago.

  7. 25th August 1968

    Thousands attend a rally for Czechoslovakian freedom in London's Hyde Park.

  8. 24th August 1968

    Concern grows over the whereabouts of Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek.

  9. 23rd August 1968

    Czechoslovak workers strike in protest against the Soviet invasion.

  10. 22nd August 1968

    Demonstrations take place as opposition to the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia mounts.

  11. 21st August 1968

    Czechoslovakia wakes to the news that Soviet troops are occupying its major cities.

  12. 20th August 1968

    Soviet troops begin their invasion of Czechoslovakia.

  13. 19th August 1968

    Two planes collide over the Norfolk town of Holt.

  14. 18th August 1968

    Opposition to the Pope's ruling against artificial birth control mounts.

  15. 17th August 1968

    A BBC programme examines democracy in America.

  16. 16th August 1968

    Sixty Roman Catholic Priests join a revolt against the Pope's ban on the pill.

  17. 15th August 1968

    Record producer Mickie Most explains the secret of his success.

  18. 14th August 1968

    Two deputy editors of the Czech Communist party newspaper are suspended.

  19. 13th August 1968

    Georgios Papadopoulos, leader of the Greek junta, survives an assassination attempt.

  20. 12th August 1968

    Riots in Los Angeles leave three dead.

  21. 11th August 1968

    Leonard Cohen appears on the BBC's Top Gear radio programme.

  22. 10th August 1968

    A stand collapses at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Kempton Park, injuring dozens

  23. 9th August 1968

    48 passengers die as a British airliner carrying holiday-makers to Austria crashes.

  24. 8th August 1968

    Richard Nixon wins the Republican Party's nomination for the presidential election.

  25. 7th August 1968

    Ukranian students in London demonstrate against political arrests in the USSR.

  26. 6th August 1968

    Residents Associations fight attempts to rehouse Ronan Point victims in tower blocks.

  27. 5th August 1968

    Peace talks commence in Addis Ababa between Nigeria and breakaway Biafra.

  28. 4th August 1968

    US sprinter Tommy Smith backs a boycott of the Mexico Olympics by black American athletes.

  29. 3rd August 1968

    Sirhan Sirhan appears in court, accused of the murder of Senator Bobby Kennedy.

  30. 2nd August 1968

    As talks continue, demonstrators in Prague call for greater Czech sovereignty.

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