Daily Facts about 1968

1968

Richard Nixon is elected as the 37th President of the United States.

1968

Soviet cosmonaut Georgi Beregovoi performs the first spacewalk by a cosmonaut in a spacesuit.

1968

Johnny Cash records his historic live album at Folsom State Prison, a significant moment in the world of country music.

1967

Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders embark on the Apollo 8 mission, becoming the first humans to orbit the Moon, a significant step in space exploration.