Born in March 1968 - Zodiac Signs, Personality and Horoscopes

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What happened in March 1968

• March 2, 1968: Closure of Baggeridge Colliery, marking the end of 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country, England.
• March 6, 1968: Unrecognized Rhodesia executes 3 black citizens, prompting international condemnation.
• March 7, 1968: Vietnam War: The First Battle of Saigon ends.
• March 8, 1968: Student protests spark the 1968 Polish political crisis.
• March 10, 1968: Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, the largest single ground combat loss of U.S. Air Force members during the Laotian Civil War.
• March 11, 1968: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson mandates ASCII character encoding support for computers purchased by the federal government.
• March 12, 1968: Mauritius gains independence from British rule.
• March 13, 1968: The first Rotaract club is established in North Charlotte, North Carolina.
• March 14, 1968: Nerve gas leaks from the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground near Skull Valley, Utah.
• March 16, 1968: My Lai Massacre: American troops kill civilians, later undermining public support for the U.S. in Vietnam.
• March 18, 1968: U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back U.S. currency.
• March 19, 1968: Students at Howard University protest the ROTC program, the Vietnam War, and demand a more Afrocentric curriculum.
• March 22, 1968: Daniel Cohn-Bendit and students occupy the administrative offices of the University of Nanterre, triggering events leading to the May 1968 uprising in France.
• March 24, 1968: Aer Lingus Flight 712 crashes en route from Cork to London, killing 61 passengers and crew.
• March 28, 1968: Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by police during a protest, sparking anti-dictatorship protests.