South Vietnam - U.S. Secretary of Defense Clifford arrives in Saigon. DRV is a holiday in Hanoi due to the fact that a three-thousandth US plane was shot down over DRV. USA - Nelson Rockefeller's election campaign on Wall Street. USA - Arrest of 9 Americans who refused to serve in the army and joined chains with church servants in protest against the Vietnam War. USA, Ohio, Akron - Racial unrest, police raid on the Negro quarter, arrests. USA, Akron - Racial unrest, National Guard patrols. Sweden - A.N. Kosygin visits a cannery. France - J. Pompidou transfers power to Couve de Murville. Switzerland, Geneva - Opening of the conference of 17 countries on disarmament after a long break. England, London - A demonstration against the Vietnam War, a clash of demonstrators with the police. England, London - The battle of demonstrators against the Vietnam War with the police in Hyde Park. England - 113 foreign holders of the British Order of the Victoria Cross arrive at the meeting of the association of the Order. England - Demonstration of London clothing models for autumn 1968. England, London Zoo, a 5-week-old giraffe born in captivity.
Personnel:
Clifford K.M. - American lawyer, statesman, US Secretary of Defense (1968-1969).
Personnel:
Rockefeller N.O. -- American politician, businessman, Vice President of the United States (1974-1977).
Personnel:
Pompidou J.J.R. - French statesman, Prime Minister and 19th President of France. M.K. de Murville - French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France (1958-1968), Prime Minister of France (1968-1969).
Personnel:
Kosygin A.N. -- statesman and party leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, twice Hero of Socialist Labor.