Timeline Sunday 21 January 1968

Events on Sunday 21 January 1968 3

• 1968 – present Artur Dmitriev Olympic Figure Skater Soviet and Russian pair figure skater who remains the only man in Olympic history to win pairs gold with two different partners. He won gold with Natalia Mishkutionok at the 1992 Albertville Olympics and again with Oksana Kazakova at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, both under the coaching of Tamara Moskvina. He also won Olympic silver in 1994, two World Championship titles and three European Championship titles. After retiring, he worked as a coach and performer in ice shows.
• 1968 Artur Dmitriev born in Bila Tserkva Born Artur Valerievich Dmitriev in Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). Grew up in Norilsk, one of the northernmost cities in the world, deep inside the Arctic Circle.
• 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh Prolonged siege of a US Marine base in Vietnam North Vietnamese forces besieged the US Marine combat base at Khe Sanh for over two months in one of the longest and most closely watched battles of the Vietnam War. American air power eventually broke the siege, inflicting heavy North Vietnamese casualties. The base was nonetheless abandoned by US forces later in the year.