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- Clockwise from top or bottom:
*Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, beginning a brief period of democratic reform known as the Prague Spring;
*The USS Pueblo is captured by North Korea, with its crew being held as prisoners of war for nearly a year;
*The Viet Cong launch the Tet Offensive, which is characterized by a series of surprise attacks on South Vietnam;
*Social conflicts over the Vietnam War and racism escalate, leading to worldwide protests and riots;
*Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee;
*United States politician Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by a pro-Palestinian nationalist while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California;
*Warsaw Pact nations invade Czechoslovakia, bringing an end to the Prague Spring;
*Apollo 8 becomes the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. (en)
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