1968


Events 
  John Christopher is stationed at the command headquarters of the US 498th Airbase Group in Nebraska, North America. ()
 Agents 201 and 347, working undercover on Earth for an unknown alien faction, are killed in a car crash. Three days later, Gary Seven is dispatched to Earth to find out why contact is lost, and after he finds out they are dead, he assumes their mission. ()
 A major assassination and  an Asian coup d'etat occur, both on the same day. ()
 Also on the same day as the assassination and coup, the United States of America launches an orbital nuclear weapons platform from McKinley Rocket Base. Following the launch, the platform develops a severe malfunction, and begins to reenter the atmosphere. Attempts to initiate destruct initially fail, but the platform eventually detonates 104 miles above Asia. The result is a new and stronger agreement against the use of such weapons. ()
 The  travels back from 2268 to study how Earth survived this period in its history. It becomes involved in the platform crisis, and is instrumental in causing the detonation of the falling platform. ()
 December – Apollo 8 completes a successful mission to Luna, becoming the first Human spacecraft to reach here. This mission takes a historic picture of an Earthrise (the Earth rising over Luna's horizon). ()

Notes 
 Bob Gibson, a St. Louis  , wins the first of his two . ()
 The song "Magic Carpet Ride" is written by musicians John Kay and Rushton Moreve and performed by Steppenwolf. ()

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