Media 68

Jimi Hendrix

1 - 10 march
11 - 20 march
21 - 31 march

11 march

Two more death sentences carried in Rhodesia against black militants.
[Africa]
A Fascist attack repelled by the occupiers of the State university of Milan after an hour of violent clashes. In Genoa 107 denounced for the occupation of the previous days.
[Italy]
Polish students burn copies of a daily that attributed to Zionist propaganda the demonstrations of the previous days.
[Poland]
The houses are dissolved; elections for the V legislature are fixed for 19 May.
[Italy]
In Vietnam the general in charge of the American forces asks for "206 thousand men as reinforcements".
[Vietnam]
"(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay", the posthumous record of the great RB interpreter Otis Redding is, three months after his death, his only golden disk.
[United States]

12 march

For the third consecutive day the order service of the Japanese student movement faces the police in Narita: 198 arrests.
[Japan]
The Chinese prime minister Chu Enlai states in Peking: "The extension of American aggression in Vietnam will involve the military intervention of the Peoples' Republic of China". In Manchuria and in Kiangsu two other "revolutionary committees" are established.
[China]
The Swedish government harshly criticizes the USA for the bombings in Vietnam: Washington withdraws its Ambassador.
[Sweden]

13 march

The campaign against the movement accused of Zionism is intensified.
[Poland]
Dismissed in Czechoslovakia the Novotny follower, Chudik, president of the Slovak national council.
[Czechoslovakia]
Success in the New Hampshire primaries of the democrat Eugene McCarthy.
[United States]
In Indonesia, after the blood-bath of 500 thousand Communists, Suharto re-establishes relations with the neighbouring government of Malaysia.
[Asia]
The protest of the whole world forces the Rhodesian government to commute 35 death sentences into life imprisonment.
[Africa]
Dakar. The cinematographer and historian of African cinema Paulin Soumanou Vieyra proposes creating an interregional African productive structure in his role of director of the cinema services of Senegal.
[Africa]
National convention of the movement in Rome.
[Italy]
In the Mekong Delta the "battle of the rice-fields" is raging.
[Vietnam]

14 march

In the Republic of South Yemen, the NLF passes to the formation of workers' militias, against the threat of a military coup.
[Middle East]
The Polish students declare that they are faithful to Socialism; the Communist party exploits the arm of anti-Semitism: in fact many leaders of the movement are Jews.
[Poland]
In Pakistan Ali Bhutto founds the peoples' party.
[Asia]
Marshal Tito sends the Egyptian president Nasser a letter convoking an "urgent conference of peace".
[International]

15 march

Unification in Guatemala of the Guerrilla forces of the FAR and of the MR13.
[Guatemala]
In the USA the democratic candidate Eugene McCarthy accuses Robert Kennedy, who still supports Johnson, of "opportunism".
[United States]
Students of many universities protest in Pisa against the arrests of the 12: occupied the station and traffic paralyzed. After police intervention, violent clashes: 50 injured and 7 arrests.
[Italy]
In Havana Fidel Castro speaks of the difficulty of the Cuban economy.
[Cuba]
Demonstrations against the war of Vietnam in Paris and Madrid where the police on horseback storm the university.
[Europe]
Published a document of ACLI which, in view of the election campaign, breaks every link with the DC: they deny availability of controllers and offices and state that they will not give indications on the vote.
[Italy]

16 march

Ugly groups led by the MSI deputies Caradonna and Anderson attack the Roman university: repelled, they barricade themselves into Law and throw the furniture at the students: seriously injured Oreste Scalzone.
[Italy]
The students' movement spreads in the Polish cities but the anti-Semitic propaganda blocks at birth all contact with the rest of the population and above all with the workers' movement.
[Poland]
In Laos violent clashes around the city of Thakhnek. USA troops, led by ten. Calley, occupy the village of Mylai exterminating over 100 women, old people and children.
[Vietnam]
In Brazil the minister of the interior denounces the "service for the protection of the Indians" of the government for the mass genocide of the indigenous population of the Amazon and Mato Grosso.
[Brazil]
The Presidium of the central committee of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party dismissed the minister of the interior, Kudrna, and the public prosecutor, Bartuska.
[Czechoslovakia]
Two of the greatest non-Afro-American jazzists meet in Milan: the South African pianist and pluri-instrumentalist Adolph Johannes "Dollar" Brand and the Argentine tenor saxophone player Gato Barbieri. Together they record the album "Confluence Freedom".
[International]

17 march

In Vietnam a communiqué of the American army admits that the airforce has lost, since the beginning of the war, 3,487 planes.
[Vietnam]
First appearance on the TV of the USA (Ed Sullivan Show) of the Bee Gees, who present "To Love Somebody" and "Words".
[United States]
At the end of a rally of the actress Vanessa Redgrave against USA intervention in Vietnam, a huge cortege attacks the American embassy in London and clashes for hours with the police.
[Great Britain]
Dubcek states in Prague that he is ready to "carry further forward the process under way".
[Czechoslovakia]

18 march

Battle in Rhodesia between army and guerrilla formations. In South Africa the government refuses to free 33 black militants, as asked by the UN security council.
[Africa]
Student protest at the opening of the congress of the German SPD.
[West Germany]
In Paris clashes between demonstrators and police after the removal of Henri Langlois from the leadership of the Cinémathèque. The minister for cultural affairs, André Malraux, replaced him on 9 February with Pierre Barbin.
[France]
Demonstrations in the main English cities against the American intervention in Vietnam.
[Great Britain]

19 march

At the IX festival of Mar del Plata (Argentina) "Gangster Story" by Arthur Penn (USA) wins first prize and that of the critics.
[Latin America]
Golden disk for "John Wesley Harding" by Bob Dylan and "Are You Experienced?" of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
[United States]
The secretary of the Polish Communist party, Gomulka, accuses the students of being instigated by reactionary writers and Zionists.
[Poland]
Johnson asks, for Vietnam "a total national effort". In the list for the elections are for the democrats, Robert Kennedy; for the Republicans Rockefeller.
[United States]

20 march

Concert of solidarity at the Avalon Ballroom with a group of operators of the radio station of "progressive" rock KPMX-Fm who had gone on strike two days before to denounce the lack of control over the programmes. Many bands are in support of the strikers.
[United States]
Carl Theodor Dreyer dies in Copenhagen, where he was born on 3 February 1889. Cinema director, he was author of, among others, "The passion of Joan of Arc" ('23), "Vampyr" ('32), "Ordet" ('54, Golden Lion in Venice) and "Gertrud".
[Denmark]
In Brazil, a special commission of investigations reveals that in the last years thousands of Indios were exterminated with the complicity of the "national service for the protection of the Indians".
[Brazil]
Gomulka, the Polish premier, launches an appeal for moderation to the young students occupying the universities.
[Poland]

Jimi Hendrix		1 - 10 march 11 - 20 march 21 - 31 march
11 march		Two more death sentences carried in Rhodesia against black militants. [Africa] A Fascist attack repelled by the occupiers of the State university of Milan after an hour of violent clashes. In Genoa 107 denounced for the occupation of the previous days. [Italy] Polish students burn copies of a daily that attributed to Zionist propaganda the demonstrations of the previous days. [Poland] The houses are dissolved; elections for the V legislature are fixed for 19 May. [Italy] In Vietnam the general in charge of the American forces asks for "206 thousand men as reinforcements". [Vietnam] "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay", the posthumous record of the great RB interpreter Otis Redding is, three months after his death, his only golden disk. [United States]
12 march		For the third consecutive day the order service of the Japanese student movement faces the police in Narita: 198 arrests. [Japan] The Chinese prime minister Chu Enlai states in Peking: "The extension of American aggression in Vietnam will involve the military intervention of the Peoples' Republic of China". In Manchuria and in Kiangsu two other "revolutionary committees" are established. [China] The Swedish government harshly criticizes the USA for the bombings in Vietnam: Washington withdraws its Ambassador. [Sweden]
13 march		The campaign against the movement accused of Zionism is intensified. [Poland] Dismissed in Czechoslovakia the Novotny follower, Chudik, president of the Slovak national council. [Czechoslovakia] Success in the New Hampshire primaries of the democrat Eugene McCarthy. [United States] In Indonesia, after the blood-bath of 500 thousand Communists, Suharto re-establishes relations with the neighbouring government of Malaysia. [Asia] The protest of the whole world forces the Rhodesian government to commute 35 death sentences into life imprisonment. [Africa] Dakar. The cinematographer and historian of African cinema Paulin Soumanou Vieyra proposes creating an interregional African productive structure in his role of director of the cinema services of Senegal. [Africa] National convention of the movement in Rome. [Italy] In the Mekong Delta the "battle of the rice-fields" is raging. [Vietnam]
14 march		In the Republic of South Yemen, the NLF passes to the formation of workers' militias, against the threat of a military coup. [Middle East] The Polish students declare that they are faithful to Socialism; the Communist party exploits the arm of anti-Semitism: in fact many leaders of the movement are Jews. [Poland] In Pakistan Ali Bhutto founds the peoples' party. [Asia] Marshal Tito sends the Egyptian president Nasser a letter convoking an "urgent conference of peace". [International]
15 march		Unification in Guatemala of the Guerrilla forces of the FAR and of the MR13. [Guatemala] In the USA the democratic candidate Eugene McCarthy accuses Robert Kennedy, who still supports Johnson, of "opportunism". [United States] Students of many universities protest in Pisa against the arrests of the 12: occupied the station and traffic paralyzed. After police intervention, violent clashes: 50 injured and 7 arrests. [Italy] In Havana Fidel Castro speaks of the difficulty of the Cuban economy. [Cuba] Demonstrations against the war of Vietnam in Paris and Madrid where the police on horseback storm the university. [Europe] Published a document of ACLI which, in view of the election campaign, breaks every link with the DC: they deny availability of controllers and offices and state that they will not give indications on the vote. [Italy]
16 march		Ugly groups led by the MSI deputies Caradonna and Anderson attack the Roman university: repelled, they barricade themselves into Law and throw the furniture at the students: seriously injured Oreste Scalzone. [Italy] The students' movement spreads in the Polish cities but the anti-Semitic propaganda blocks at birth all contact with the rest of the population and above all with the workers' movement. [Poland] In Laos violent clashes around the city of Thakhnek. USA troops, led by ten. Calley, occupy the village of Mylai exterminating over 100 women, old people and children. [Vietnam] In Brazil the minister of the interior denounces the "service for the protection of the Indians" of the government for the mass genocide of the indigenous population of the Amazon and Mato Grosso. [Brazil] The Presidium of the central committee of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party dismissed the minister of the interior, Kudrna, and the public prosecutor, Bartuska. [Czechoslovakia] Two of the greatest non-Afro-American jazzists meet in Milan: the South African pianist and pluri-instrumentalist Adolph Johannes "Dollar" Brand and the Argentine tenor saxophone player Gato Barbieri. Together they record the album "Confluence Freedom". [International]
17 march		In Vietnam a communiqué of the American army admits that the airforce has lost, since the beginning of the war, 3,487 planes. [Vietnam] First appearance on the TV of the USA (Ed Sullivan Show) of the Bee Gees, who present "To Love Somebody" and "Words". [United States] At the end of a rally of the actress Vanessa Redgrave against USA intervention in Vietnam, a huge cortege attacks the American embassy in London and clashes for hours with the police. [Great Britain] Dubcek states in Prague that he is ready to "carry further forward the process under way". [Czechoslovakia]
18 march		Battle in Rhodesia between army and guerrilla formations. In South Africa the government refuses to free 33 black militants, as asked by the UN security council. [Africa] Student protest at the opening of the congress of the German SPD. [West Germany] In Paris clashes between demonstrators and police after the removal of Henri Langlois from the leadership of the Cinémathèque. The minister for cultural affairs, André Malraux, replaced him on 9 February with Pierre Barbin. [France] Demonstrations in the main English cities against the American intervention in Vietnam. [Great Britain]
19 march		At the IX festival of Mar del Plata (Argentina) "Gangster Story" by Arthur Penn (USA) wins first prize and that of the critics. [Latin America] Golden disk for "John Wesley Harding" by Bob Dylan and "Are You Experienced?" of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. [United States] The secretary of the Polish Communist party, Gomulka, accuses the students of being instigated by reactionary writers and Zionists. [Poland] Johnson asks, for Vietnam "a total national effort". In the list for the elections are for the democrats, Robert Kennedy; for the Republicans Rockefeller. [United States]
20 march		Concert of solidarity at the Avalon Ballroom with a group of operators of the radio station of "progressive" rock KPMX-Fm who had gone on strike two days before to denounce the lack of control over the programmes. Many bands are in support of the strikers. [United States] Carl Theodor Dreyer dies in Copenhagen, where he was born on 3 February 1889. Cinema director, he was author of, among others, "The passion of Joan of Arc" ('23), "Vampyr" ('32), "Ordet" ('54, Golden Lion in Venice) and "Gertrud". [Denmark] In Brazil, a special commission of investigations reveals that in the last years thousands of Indios were exterminated with the complicity of the "national service for the protection of the Indians". [Brazil] Gomulka, the Polish premier, launches an appeal for moderation to the young students occupying the universities. [Poland]