Media 68

The Beatles

1 - 10 january
11 - 20 january
21 - 31 january

11 january

In Washington, the police tries to enter the Cuban embassy to arrest Rap Brown, one of the leaders of Black Power.
[United States]
Strike of 3,500 workers of the water and of the electricity in Saigon against reduced salaries.
[Vietnam]
Johnson's envoy in Cambodia, Bowles, states that the USA does not intend invading Cambodia to follow the Vietcong.
[Vietnam]
Revealed the conclusions of the inquest into the incident of Tonking (which in '64 "justified" the intervention of the USA in Vietnam): the attack against the two US ships was invented by the Johnson administration.
[United States]
Clashes at the university of Madrid; the faculty of political science is closed until the first of March.
[Spain]

12 january

Arrested in Lima (Peru) 150 Communist exponents among whom the secretary of the party Jorge del Prado.
[Perù]
Israel expropriates some areas near the Wailing Wall, in the Arab area of Jerusalem (occupied in the war of '67).
[Middle East]
The investigation of the "deviations" of the Sifar (the Italian secret services) is entrusted to a commission composed of three generals.
[Italy]
At the Moscow trial against "the 4", all the requests of the PM are upheld: sentences of from seven to one year.
[Soviet Union]
Bundy Mc George, USA vice-secretary of state, in open contrast with Bowles, again claims the right of the American armed forces to cross the border into Cambodia.
[United States]
In Madrid, cavalry charge against the students.
[Spain]

13 january

Found in Guatemala the body of Rogelia Cruz Martinez, miss Guatemala, militant Communist kidnapped by the death squadrons.
[Guatemala]
Clashes between students and police in Madrid: 30 arrests.
[Spain]
Two national days of trade union mobilization for the increase of pensions.
[Italy]
In Havana the International Cultural Congress ends with an appeal to sustain the struggle for freedom.
[Cuba]
Golden disk for "Strange Days" by Jim Morrison / Doors; the Californian group is recording "The Unknown Soldier" against the war in Vietnam.
[United States]
Evacuated the aula magna of Palazzo Campana.
[Italy]
Carmelo Bene presents in Rome "Arden of Feversham". In tournée are "La signora è da buttare" (Fo-Rame), "Non so, non ho visto, se c'ero dormivo" (I Gufi), "Marat Sade" (Piccolo teatro di Milano).In Naples the editor Tommaso Pironti dies: he was a friend of Eduardo De Filippo and editor of the "Smorfia".
[Italy]
5,000 dockers and 400 taxi-drivers strike in Saigon, in solidarity with the electricity workers.
[Vietnam]

14 january

A rudimental bomb explodes in Belfast without causing victims.
[Ireland]
Earthquake in Sicily: over 300 dead, tens of thousands of homeless whose situation - due to the malfunctioning of the rescue squads - will become even more dramatic in the following days.
[Italy]
In Guatemala, discovered the bodies of 7 peasants murdered by the Fascist organization Mano bianca. In Venezuela, occupied the lands of the big landowners in protest against the lack of implementation of the agrarian reform.
[Latin America]
Palestinian guerrillas fire some mortar shots against the port of Eilath in Israel.
[Middle East]

15 january

Clashes in Tokyo between the Zengakuren (the organization of the revolutionary students) leaving for Sasebo, to demonstrate against the US nuclear aircraft carrier, Enterprise.
[Japan]
Senator Mansfield, leader of the majority in the US Senate, asks for the interruption of the bombing in Vietnam. It is the first time that a position against Johnson is taken by US leaders.
[United States]
Ratified at the Catholic university of Milan the expulsions of Capanna, Pero and Spada; immediate protest at St Peter's of the students of the Catholic university of Rome.
[Italy]

16 january

At the university of Edinburgh the students ask for the free distribution of anti-conception devices; the rector Muggeridge resigns.
[Great Britain]
Lessons interrupted and 'go-slows" in Palazzo Campana. The occupation in Padua is suspended. In Rome the Experimental Centre of cinematography is closed; the students meet at the "Filmstudio '70".
[Italy]
Two United States soldiers killed in Guatemala in an attack.
[Guatemala]
Kekkonen elected for the third time president of Finland.
[Finland]
At the English house of commons, the Labour prime minister Wilson proposes drastic reductions of military and social spending and asks for a vote of confidence.
[Great Britain]

17 january

35 capital punishments asked in Cairo in the trial for the conspiracy of August '67 (among those accused, the former ministers of Defence and of the Interior).
[Egypt]
Johnson's speech on the "state of the Union" doesn't speak either of Vietnam or of the measures for the defence of the dollar (the military budget has reached 77,2 billion dollars).
[United States]
Proclaimed a state of alert in Guatemala.
[Guatemala]
Very violent clashes between Zengakuren and police in Sasebo, in Japan.
[Japan]
For "Playboy" and "Village Voice" the Beatles are the best group of '67. For "Playboy", the best singer is Petula Clark, best instrumentalist Ravi Shankar.
[International]
The students of Edinburgh renounce their demand and the rector retracts his resignation.
[Great Britain]

18 january

In Sasebo, "siege" of the Zengakuren around the USA military base.
[Japan]
The police blocks the occupation of Palazzo Campana. Protest sit-in (and strike of the assistants) at the Catholic university of Milan. Palazzo Sapienza in Pisa occupied.
[Italy]
One death in the clashes between police and students in Brema (GFR).
[West Germany]
Strikes in almost all the Spanish universities.
[Spain]
In Guatemala, a large landowner, a leader of the right, is killed; the head of the police escapes an attack.
[Guatemala]
The English House of Commons votes confidence in Wilson; in protest, 24 Labour members abstain and leave the hall.
[Great Britain]
USA and USSR present in Geneva a plan for a treaty on nuclear non-proliferation.
[International]
The Israelis impose a 24 hour curfew in the Gaza strip.
[Middle East]

19 january

New clashes in Brema: over 50 buses set on fire, 100 arrests.
[West Germany]
National strike of the employees of the publishing houses.
[Italy]
Released after 30 days the pacifist singer Joan Baez.
[United States]
Clifford, one of the most hard-line hawks of Washington, succeeds McNamara as minister of Defence.
[United States]
La Sapienza evacuated in the night; assembly of university and high-school students; Physics occupied; the police also evacuates Physics.
[Italy]
The aircraft carrier Enterprise arrives in Sasebo, but it anchors off-shore.
[Japan]
In spite of repeated reassurances, USA and South Vietnamese forces cross the border into Cambodia.
[Vietnam]
Experimental underground nuclear explosion in the Nevada desert.
[United States]

20 january

25 Labour members who had abstained in the voting on the proposals of Wilson are suspended by the Parliamentary group.
[Great Britain]
Woody Guthrie - who had died a few months before - commemorated with a huge concert in New York (Pete Seeger, Richie Havens, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, The Band and Bob Dylan).
[United States]
Actors and artists in New York against the war: Paul Newman, Jane Woodward, Henry Belafonte, Leonard Bernstein among others.
[United States]
Miners' strike in the Asturias against 4,000 dismissals.
[Spain]
Woody Guthrie - morto pochi pesi prima - commemorato con un grande concerto a New York (Pete Seeger, Richie Havens, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, The Band e Bob Dylan).
[United States]
Attacks of the NLF throughout South Vietnam.
[Vietnam]

The Beatles		1 - 10 january 11 - 20 january 21 - 31 january
11 january		In Washington, the police tries to enter the Cuban embassy to arrest Rap Brown, one of the leaders of Black Power. [United States] Strike of 3,500 workers of the water and of the electricity in Saigon against reduced salaries. [Vietnam] Johnson's envoy in Cambodia, Bowles, states that the USA does not intend invading Cambodia to follow the Vietcong. [Vietnam] Revealed the conclusions of the inquest into the incident of Tonking (which in '64 "justified" the intervention of the USA in Vietnam): the attack against the two US ships was invented by the Johnson administration. [United States] Clashes at the university of Madrid; the faculty of political science is closed until the first of March. [Spain]
12 january		Arrested in Lima (Peru) 150 Communist exponents among whom the secretary of the party Jorge del Prado. [Perù] Israel expropriates some areas near the Wailing Wall, in the Arab area of Jerusalem (occupied in the war of '67). [Middle East] The investigation of the "deviations" of the Sifar (the Italian secret services) is entrusted to a commission composed of three generals. [Italy] At the Moscow trial against "the 4", all the requests of the PM are upheld: sentences of from seven to one year. [Soviet Union] Bundy Mc George, USA vice-secretary of state, in open contrast with Bowles, again claims the right of the American armed forces to cross the border into Cambodia. [United States] In Madrid, cavalry charge against the students. [Spain]
13 january		Found in Guatemala the body of Rogelia Cruz Martinez, miss Guatemala, militant Communist kidnapped by the death squadrons. [Guatemala] Clashes between students and police in Madrid: 30 arrests. [Spain] Two national days of trade union mobilization for the increase of pensions. [Italy] In Havana the International Cultural Congress ends with an appeal to sustain the struggle for freedom. [Cuba] Golden disk for "Strange Days" by Jim Morrison / Doors; the Californian group is recording "The Unknown Soldier" against the war in Vietnam. [United States] Evacuated the aula magna of Palazzo Campana. [Italy] Carmelo Bene presents in Rome "Arden of Feversham". In tournée are "La signora è da buttare" (Fo-Rame), "Non so, non ho visto, se c'ero dormivo" (I Gufi), "Marat Sade" (Piccolo teatro di Milano).In Naples the editor Tommaso Pironti dies: he was a friend of Eduardo De Filippo and editor of the "Smorfia". [Italy] 5,000 dockers and 400 taxi-drivers strike in Saigon, in solidarity with the electricity workers. [Vietnam]
14 january		A rudimental bomb explodes in Belfast without causing victims. [Ireland] Earthquake in Sicily: over 300 dead, tens of thousands of homeless whose situation - due to the malfunctioning of the rescue squads - will become even more dramatic in the following days. [Italy] In Guatemala, discovered the bodies of 7 peasants murdered by the Fascist organization Mano bianca. In Venezuela, occupied the lands of the big landowners in protest against the lack of implementation of the agrarian reform. [Latin America] Palestinian guerrillas fire some mortar shots against the port of Eilath in Israel. [Middle East]
15 january		Clashes in Tokyo between the Zengakuren (the organization of the revolutionary students) leaving for Sasebo, to demonstrate against the US nuclear aircraft carrier, Enterprise. [Japan] Senator Mansfield, leader of the majority in the US Senate, asks for the interruption of the bombing in Vietnam. It is the first time that a position against Johnson is taken by US leaders. [United States] Ratified at the Catholic university of Milan the expulsions of Capanna, Pero and Spada; immediate protest at St Peter's of the students of the Catholic university of Rome. [Italy]
16 january		At the university of Edinburgh the students ask for the free distribution of anti-conception devices; the rector Muggeridge resigns. [Great Britain] Lessons interrupted and 'go-slows" in Palazzo Campana. The occupation in Padua is suspended. In Rome the Experimental Centre of cinematography is closed; the students meet at the "Filmstudio '70". [Italy] Two United States soldiers killed in Guatemala in an attack. [Guatemala] Kekkonen elected for the third time president of Finland. [Finland] At the English house of commons, the Labour prime minister Wilson proposes drastic reductions of military and social spending and asks for a vote of confidence. [Great Britain]
17 january		35 capital punishments asked in Cairo in the trial for the conspiracy of August '67 (among those accused, the former ministers of Defence and of the Interior). [Egypt] Johnson's speech on the "state of the Union" doesn't speak either of Vietnam or of the measures for the defence of the dollar (the military budget has reached 77,2 billion dollars). [United States] Proclaimed a state of alert in Guatemala. [Guatemala] Very violent clashes between Zengakuren and police in Sasebo, in Japan. [Japan] For "Playboy" and "Village Voice" the Beatles are the best group of '67. For "Playboy", the best singer is Petula Clark, best instrumentalist Ravi Shankar. [International] The students of Edinburgh renounce their demand and the rector retracts his resignation. [Great Britain]
18 january		In Sasebo, "siege" of the Zengakuren around the USA military base. [Japan] The police blocks the occupation of Palazzo Campana. Protest sit-in (and strike of the assistants) at the Catholic university of Milan. Palazzo Sapienza in Pisa occupied. [Italy] One death in the clashes between police and students in Brema (GFR). [West Germany] Strikes in almost all the Spanish universities. [Spain] In Guatemala, a large landowner, a leader of the right, is killed; the head of the police escapes an attack. [Guatemala] The English House of Commons votes confidence in Wilson; in protest, 24 Labour members abstain and leave the hall. [Great Britain] USA and USSR present in Geneva a plan for a treaty on nuclear non-proliferation. [International] The Israelis impose a 24 hour curfew in the Gaza strip. [Middle East]
19 january		New clashes in Brema: over 50 buses set on fire, 100 arrests. [West Germany] National strike of the employees of the publishing houses. [Italy] Released after 30 days the pacifist singer Joan Baez. [United States] Clifford, one of the most hard-line hawks of Washington, succeeds McNamara as minister of Defence. [United States] La Sapienza evacuated in the night; assembly of university and high-school students; Physics occupied; the police also evacuates Physics. [Italy] The aircraft carrier Enterprise arrives in Sasebo, but it anchors off-shore. [Japan] In spite of repeated reassurances, USA and South Vietnamese forces cross the border into Cambodia. [Vietnam] Experimental underground nuclear explosion in the Nevada desert. [United States]
20 january		25 Labour members who had abstained in the voting on the proposals of Wilson are suspended by the Parliamentary group. [Great Britain] Woody Guthrie - who had died a few months before - commemorated with a huge concert in New York (Pete Seeger, Richie Havens, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, The Band and Bob Dylan). [United States] Actors and artists in New York against the war: Paul Newman, Jane Woodward, Henry Belafonte, Leonard Bernstein among others. [United States] Miners' strike in the Asturias against 4,000 dismissals. [Spain] Woody Guthrie - morto pochi pesi prima - commemorato con un grande concerto a New York (Pete Seeger, Richie Havens, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, The Band e Bob Dylan). [United States] Attacks of the NLF throughout South Vietnam. [Vietnam]