Media 68

01 - 10 december
11 - 20 december
21 - 31 december

21 december

The Apollo 8 Mission leaves. It is destined to circumnavigate the moon. On board the astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders. The television link with earth is perhaps the greatest attraction of the mission.
[United States]
Anniversary of the foundation of the NLF. Saigon is filled with Vietcong flags, especially in the neighbourhood of Cholon, one of the main bases of the resistance.
[Vietnam]

22 december

Dubcek intervenes at the Central Committee of the party. He states that to renounce the positive elements of the spring will mark a complete defeat and at the same time he criticizes radical tendencies.
[Czechoslovakia]

23 december

63 intellectuals among whom Sartre, Russell, Marcuse and Mary McCarthy, ask for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia.
[International]
The USA dockers are on strike. The strike causes damage of 15 million dollars per day.
[United States]

24 december

25 december

Occupied for 24 hours the cathedral of San Sebastian by 400 priests and faithful in protest against the state of siege in force for months. Coming out from the Cathedral the occupiers form a cortege dispelled by the police.
[Spain]
After a speech by Husak which claimed for a Slovak the presidency of the National Assembly, by in fact proposing the elimination of Smrkovki, protests of the intellectuals and of the supporters of the spring.
[Czechoslovakia]

26 december

Attack of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on the airport of Athens. 2 guerrillas attack with machine guns and hand grenades an El Al aeroplane in departure for New York, one victim and some seriously injured. The attackers are arrested.
[Middle East]
The hunger strike of the 4 political prisoners in Spain continues.
[Spain]

27 december

In the province of Quang Nam, where the American base of Da Nang is situated, a Popular Revolutionary Committee is formed. In the last 24 hours the B52s have dropped over 500 tonnes of bombs on North Vietnam.
[Vietnam]

28 december

The congress of the UNEF in France ends in a break into three sections. Majoritarian is the trend linked to the PSU. The other two are the trade union wing and that linked to the committees of action that were born in May. The break marks the end of the UNEF.
[France]
Israeli reprisal for the attack of Athens. Attacked the airport of Beirut and 11 planes destroyed.
[Middle East]

29 december

2000 scientists from all over the world sign a declaration of protest against the papal encyclical "Humanae vitae", on birth control.
[International]

30 december

In Rome, a night of protest in solidarity with the workers who occupy the Apollon is being prepared for New Year's eve in Via Veneto.
[Italy]

31 december

The UN Security Council condemns the Israeli reprisal.
[Middle East]


		01 - 10 december 11 - 20 december 21 - 31 december
21 december		The Apollo 8 Mission leaves. It is destined to circumnavigate the moon. On board the astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders. The television link with earth is perhaps the greatest attraction of the mission. [United States] Anniversary of the foundation of the NLF. Saigon is filled with Vietcong flags, especially in the neighbourhood of Cholon, one of the main bases of the resistance. [Vietnam]
22 december		Dubcek intervenes at the Central Committee of the party. He states that to renounce the positive elements of the spring will mark a complete defeat and at the same time he criticizes radical tendencies. [Czechoslovakia]
23 december		63 intellectuals among whom Sartre, Russell, Marcuse and Mary McCarthy, ask for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia. [International] The USA dockers are on strike. The strike causes damage of 15 million dollars per day. [United States]
24 december
25 december		Occupied for 24 hours the cathedral of San Sebastian by 400 priests and faithful in protest against the state of siege in force for months. Coming out from the Cathedral the occupiers form a cortege dispelled by the police. [Spain] After a speech by Husak which claimed for a Slovak the presidency of the National Assembly, by in fact proposing the elimination of Smrkovki, protests of the intellectuals and of the supporters of the spring. [Czechoslovakia]
26 december		Attack of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on the airport of Athens. 2 guerrillas attack with machine guns and hand grenades an El Al aeroplane in departure for New York, one victim and some seriously injured. The attackers are arrested. [Middle East] The hunger strike of the 4 political prisoners in Spain continues. [Spain]
27 december		In the province of Quang Nam, where the American base of Da Nang is situated, a Popular Revolutionary Committee is formed. In the last 24 hours the B52s have dropped over 500 tonnes of bombs on North Vietnam. [Vietnam]
28 december		The congress of the UNEF in France ends in a break into three sections. Majoritarian is the trend linked to the PSU. The other two are the trade union wing and that linked to the committees of action that were born in May. The break marks the end of the UNEF. [France] Israeli reprisal for the attack of Athens. Attacked the airport of Beirut and 11 planes destroyed. [Middle East]
29 december		2000 scientists from all over the world sign a declaration of protest against the papal encyclical "Humanae vitae", on birth control. [International]
30 december		In Rome, a night of protest in solidarity with the workers who occupy the Apollon is being prepared for New Year's eve in Via Veneto. [Italy]
31 december		The UN Security Council condemns the Israeli reprisal. [Middle East]