March 1st to March 7th

 

Friday, March 1st, 1968 - Country music legends Johnny Cash (36) and June Carter (38) are married in Franklin, Kentucky.

 

Saturday, March 2nd, 1968 - The United States Air Force unveils the world's largest airplane, the Lockhead C-5A Galaxy, in Marietta, Georgia.

 

Sunday, March 3rd, 1968 - An oil tanker carrying over 5 million gallons of oil splits in two in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 

Monday, March 4th, 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. announces he will lead a Poor People's March on Washington in April.

 

Tuesday, March 5th, 1968 - Vietcong guerillas storm into the capital of South Vietnam's southernmost province and occupy a hospital for several hours.

 

Wednesday, March 6th, 1968 - The National Book Award for fiction is awarded to Thornton Wilder for his novel "The Eighth Day".

 

Thursday, March 7th, 1968 - The U.S., Great Britain, and the U.S.S.R. formally commit themselves to take immediate action through the UN Security Council to defend against nuclear attack any nation that renounces nuclear weapons.

 

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