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  1. 1st August 1968

    Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan calls for an honourable peace in Vietnam.

  2. 31st July 1968

    The first ever episode of Dad's Army is aired on 大象传媒 TV.

  3. 30th July 1968

    The Archbishop of Canterbury disagrees with the Pope's recent ruling on contraception.

  4. 29th July 1968

    The 大象传媒 screens the futuristic drama The Year of the Sex Olympics.

  5. 28th July 1968

    Eldridge Cleaver, civil rights activist and US presidential candidate, makes a speech.

  6. 27th July 1968

    Preliminary peace talks between Nigeria and breakaway Biafra end inconclusively.

  7. 26th July 1968

    Mick Jagger celebrates his 25th birthday with a preview of the new Rolling Stones album.

  8. 25th July 1968

    A man is found crucified on Hampstead Heath. Strangely, there is no bleeding.

  9. 24th July 1968

    Widespread rioting erupts in Cleveland, Ohio, after two unarmed police officers are shot.

  10. 23rd July 1968

    An El Al flight en route to Tel Aviv is hijacked by three Palestinian militants.

  11. 22nd July 1968

    An inquiry by Sir John Newsome into the education system publishes its recommendations.

  12. 21st July 1968

    A protest against the Vietnam war erupts into violence in London's Grosvenor Square.

  13. 20th July 1968

    Jane Asher announces that she has split from Paul McCartney.

  14. 19th July 1968

    Vietnam peace talks take place in Honolulu.

  15. 18th July 1968

    Labour narrowly defeat Plaid Cymru's Phil Williams in the Caerphilly by-election.

  16. 17th July 1968

    President Abdel-Rahman Aref of Iraq is overthrown in Saddam Hussein's coup.

  17. 16th July 1968

    Americans reinvent football.

  18. 15th July 1968

    Sir Hugh Greene announces his retirement as the 大象传媒's Director General.

  19. 14th July 1968

    Bastille Day sees protestors returning to the streets of Paris.

  20. 13th July 1968

    Seatbelt laws come into effect, leaving 100,000 car owners driving illegally.

  21. 12th July 1968

    Southampton busmen protest against pay freezes with a go-slow campaign.

  22. 11th July 1968

    Singer Frankie Vaughan becomes an unlikely mediator between violent Glasgow youth gangs.

  23. 10th July 1968

    Guitarist Eric Clapton announces the break-up of Cream because of a loss of direction.

  24. 9th July 1968

    Australian police continue to lay siege to Sydney gunman Wally Mellish.

  25. 8th July 1968

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

  26. 7th July 1968

    Anti-racism marchers clash with Enoch Powell supporters in Whitehall.

  27. 6th July 1968

    As 150,000 face starvation, ten tons of relief supplies are airlifted into Biafra.

  28. 5th July 1968

    With John Tusa. Rod Laver beats Tony Roche to win Wimbledon in straight sets.

  29. 4th July 1968

    The round-the-world yachtsman Alec Rose returns from his 354-day journey.

  30. 3rd July 1968

    Mixed marriages come under the spotlight.

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