Sir Robert Menzies speaks at the laying of the National Library of Australia’s foundation stone in Canberra on the 31st of March, 1966. The library was opened by Prime Minister John Gorton on the 15th of August, 1968.
Tag Archives: 1968
On this day: Ballet in France
Dancers of the ballet company of the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse in France, onstage on the 20th of March, 1968.
On this day: Chicago’s “L” Under Construction
The “L” – short for Chicago’s elevated train system – is seen here under construction on the 22nd of September, 1968.
The first image is of work underway on Sox–35th station.
The second image is of work on 69th Street.
50 Years of the National Library
The National Library of Australia, located in Canberra, was opened by Prime Minister John Gorton on the 15th of August, 1968.
Sir Robert Menzies speaks at the laying of the foundation stone on the 31st of March, 1966.
50th Anniversary of Romeo and Juliet
Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet.
The movie premiered in London on the 4th of March, 1968.
On this day: an abandoned station in England
This image, dated the 17th of August, 1968, is of the abandoned Cole Green railway station in Hertfordshire, England.
The station provided transport on the Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway from 1858. The final passenger service was on the 18th of June, 1951.
On this day: the birth of Aleksandr Shaparenko
Ukrainian sprint canoeist Aleksandr Shaparenko was born in Stepanivka on the 16th of February, 1946.
Competing for the Soviet Union, he won Olympic gold in 1968 and 1972, as well as a silver in the 1968 Games.
Shaparenko also won thirteen World Championship medals, including the gold seven times.
Christmas Eve in the White House
US President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House on Christmas Eve in 1968.
On this day: Belfast in 1968
On this day: The Mỹ Lai Massacre
![Vietnamese women and children in Mỹ Lai before being killed in the massacre, March 16, 1968.[13] According to court testimony, they were killed seconds after the photo was taken.](https://intimesgoneby.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/vietnamese-women-and-children-in-me1bbb9-lai-before-being-killed-in-the-massacre-march-16-1968-13-according-to-court-testimony-they-were-killed-seconds-after-the-photo-was-taken.jpg)
Apparently taken moments before they were killed.
I’m not even going to try and summarise this one. Below is a little bit from an article about it:
The Mỹ Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers from the Company C of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the 23rd (America) Infantry Division.
Women and children killed.
Victims included men, women, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated.
One soldier shot himself in the foot; another sets a building on fire.
Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offences, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted.
Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served only three and a half years under house arrest.
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