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April 1968 Tropical Ephemeris

What happened in April 1968

• April 2, 1968: Bombs explode in two department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin, members of the Red Army Faction, are later arrested and sentenced for arson.
• April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee; riots erupt in major American cities, lasting for several days.
• April 6, 1968: "La, la, la" by Massiel (music and lyrics by Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa) won the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 for Spain, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. This marked Spain's first victory in the contest and remains their only win to date. It is considered a significant moment in Spanish music history, as it brought international recognition to Spanish artists and helped to popularize Spanish music around the world. The song itself became a hit in many countries, reaching the top of the charts in several European countries and becoming a signature song for Massiel. The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It is one of the longest-running television programs in the world, first broadcast in 1956. The contest has been held every year since then, except in 2020, when it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Eurovision Song Contest is a popular event, with millions of viewers around the world. It has been credited with helping to promote peace and understanding among European countries and has launched the careers of many successful musicians."
• April 7, 1968: British racing driver Jim Clark dies in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim.
• April 10, 1968: The ferry TEV Wahine strikes a reef in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, causing 53 deaths, during Cyclone Giselle.
• April 11, 1968: Josef Bachmann attempts to assassinate Rudi Dutschke, leader of the left-wing movement (APO) in Germany; both Bachmann and Dutschke survive, but Dutschke dies of his brain injuries 11 years later.
• April 20, 1968: Pierre Elliott Trudeau becomes the 15th Prime Minister of Canada.
• April 23, 1968: President Mobutu of Congo releases captured mercenaries.
• April 26, 1968: The nuclear weapon "Boxcar" is tested at the Nevada Test Site in the biggest detonation of Operation Crosstie.