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  1. Week ending 31st August 1968

    Protests against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia continue.

  2. Week ending 24th August 1968

    Soviet troops begin their invasion of Czechoslovakia.

  3. Week ending 17th August 1968

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

  4. Week ending 10th August 1968

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

  5. Week ending 3rd August 1968

    Preliminary peace talks between Nigeria and breakaway Biafra end inconclusively.

  6. Week ending 27th July 1968

    Jane Asher announces that she has split from Paul McCartney.

  7. Week ending 20th July 1968

    Sir Hugh Greene announces he is to retire as the BBC's Director General.

  8. Week ending 13th July 1968

    The Bank of England announces a large international loan to stave off financial problems.

  9. Week ending 6th July 1968

    With John Tusa. Including the return home of round-the-world yachtsman Alec Rose.

  10. Week ending 29th June 1968

    The first round of elections takes place in France. Foot and mouth restrictions are lifted

  11. Week ending 22nd June 1968

    Hubert Humphrey and Nelson Rockefeller launch their campaigns for the US presidency.

  12. Week ending 15th June 1968

    ETA carry out their first assassination. Martin Luther King's killer is caught at Heathrow

  13. Week ending 8th June 1968

    Robert Kennedy is assassinated. One of the last public executioners shows a sensitive side

  14. Week ending 1st June 1968

    Welsh nationalist extremists set off another bomb. Manchester United win the European Cup.

  15. Week ending 25th May 1968

    Forged tickets cause havoc at the cup final. Strikes almost bring France to a standstill.

  16. Week ending 18th May 1968

    Students riot in Bonn. Noele Gordon quits Crossroads. A strike brings Paris to a halt.

  17. Week ending 11th May 1968

    Another chance to look back at the events making the news 40 years ago with John Tusa.

  18. Week ending 4th May 1968

    Another chance to look back at the events making the news 40 years ago with John Tusa.

  19. Week ending 27th April 1968

    Enoch Powell is sacked from Edward Heath's front bench after his 'Rivers of Blood' speech.

  20. Week ending 20th April 1968

    Enoch Powell delivers his notorious Rivers of Blood speech.

  21. Week ending 13th April 1968

    Thousands line the streets at Martin Luther King's funeral.

  22. Week ending 6th April 1968

    Riots sweep across America following the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King.

  23. Week ending 30th March 1968

    Czechoslovakia's new president is sworn in and Martin Luther King protests in Memphis.

  24. Week ending 23rd March 1968

    Including anti-Vietnam riots in London and the Duke of Edinburgh's live TV interview.