World News Quiz Prompts Recall Of Major 1968 Events
A weekly AP quiz tests memory of key global events from 1968. Questions cover unemployment trends, budget projections, Huey Newton trial outcomes, pole vault records, the Bostom arm, nuclear treaty reactions, U S Open tennis results, medical breakthroughs, and international aid to Biafra, with answers referencing notable figures and nations.
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News of the World
Charles J. Zwick
Congress
Social Security Administration
Huey Newton
Oakland
U.S
Tommie Smith
Jon Vaughn
Bob Seagren
Boston
John F. Kennedy
Humphrey
Senate
Forest Hills
Billie Jean King
Virginia Wade
Britain
Tom Okker
Rod Laver
Arthur Ashe
Atlantic City
Cornell University
Nigeria
Tito
Yugoslavia
de Gaulle
France
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
This Day in History September 18 1968 Highlights
On this date Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a crash in Northern Rhodesia in 1961. Other events include Quebec's 1759 surrender, the Capitol cornerstone in 1793, and the 1851 New York Times debut. Remarks on typhoons, embassy attacks, and Niagara Falls noted.
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Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Rhodesia
Quebec
George Washin
Capitol
Washington
New York Times
Japan
Manchuria
Nikita Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
Jakarta
Britain
Malaysia
Saigon
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