Timeline July 1968

Events in July 1968 9

• 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.
• 1968 Creedence Clearwater Revival release their debut album Suzie Q Their eight-minute Suzie Q becomes their first hit.
• 1968 – 2016 Crosby, Stills & Nash American folk rock trio David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash — the harmony supergroup of Laurel Canyon, sometimes with Neil Young.
• 1968 Crosby, Stills & Nash sing together for the first time Laurel Canyon Three voices from the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and the Hollies.
• 1968 Wimbledon 1968 — Open Era begins Men: Rod Laver · Women: Billie Jean King First Open Era Wimbledon, allowing professionals to compete. Rod Laver and Billie Jean King won their respective titles.
• 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty opened for signature Landmark treaty aims to limit spread of nuclear weapons The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was opened for signature simultaneously in Washington, London and Moscow, committing signatories to curb the spread of nuclear arms while pursuing disarmament. It entered into force in 1970 and became the cornerstone of international non-proliferation efforts. Most of the world's nations eventually joined it.
• 1968 The Band release Music from Big Pink The Weight A debut that steered rock away from psychedelia towards roots music.
• 1968 Intel founded — Moore and Noyce leave Fairchild Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce found Intel Corporation on 18 July 1968 in Mountain View, California, with $2.5 million from venture capitalist Arthur Rock — one of the first significant venture capital investments in Silicon Valley history. Moore and Noyce had both been among the 'Traitorous Eight' who left Shockley Semiconductor in 1957 to found Fairchild Semiconductor — the company that invented the integrated circuit and seeded Silicon Valley. At Intel, Noyce is the visionary; Moore is the technologist; and their third hire, Andy Grove, will prove the greatest manager.
• 1968 Humanae Vitae issued Pope Paul VI reaffirms Catholic ban on artificial contraception Pope Paul VI released the encyclical Humanae Vitae, upholding the Catholic Church's prohibition of artificial birth control despite recommendations from an advisory commission to relax the teaching. The decision provoked open dissent among clergy and laity in several countries. It remains a point of ongoing debate within the Church.