Media 68

1 - 10 october
11 - 20 october
21 - 31 october

11 october

Apollo 7, with 3 astronauts on board, takes off. With this launch into space, the USA take the direction of arrival on the moon, after an interruption of more than a year and a half following the accident in which three astronauts on an experimental flight lost their lives.
[United States]
General strike against fixed salary sectors in Naples. Withdrawn the dismissals at the Saint Gobain factory of Pisa, the management undertakes to withdraw the almost 400 redundancies. Occupation of unrented IACP houses also at the Tufello, in Rome.
[Italy]

12 october

The Olympics are inaugurated in Mexico City.
[Messico]
According to the Los Angeles Post the desertions from the army are in constant increase. Soldiers are abandoning the training camps before being sent to Vietnam and take refuge in Mexico.
[United Statest]
New coup d'état in Panama. Deposed president Arias, who had taken office only 11 days before. The USA take the side of the deposed president and suspend diplomatic relations with Panama.
[Panama]

13 october

A demonstration against the war in Vietnam organized by the League of the Military for Peace and Freedom in front of the White House.
[United States]

14 october

Strike at the Saint Gobain factory. The police charge the pickets of workers and students in front of the Lancia factory of Turin.
[Italy]
The police irrupts in the hall where the secret congress of Brazilian students is being held and arrests 1,240 persons. The movement will never get over the setback.
[Brazil]
The president of the FRG Luebke resigns. The official reason is his advanced age, but actually it was the protests for his collusion with Nazism that cause the abandonment of Luebke.
[West Germany]

15 october

Harsh charges of the police against the workers of the Saint Gobain factory on strike. The Pirelli group also on strike.
[Italy]

16 october

Third day of clashes between blacks and police in Washington. Racial clashes also in Chicago and Philadelphia.
[United States]
ReRevelation of the contents of the treaty between USSR and Czechoslovakia signed in Moscow. The tanks of Warsaw will remain in Czechoslovakia for an indefinite period.
[Czechoslovakia]

17 october

Tommy Smith, gold medal and world record in the 200 metres (19''8) at the Olympics and John Carlos, third, protest by arriving at the prize-giving barefoot and with a black-gloved clenched fist. Both belong to Black Power.
[United Statest]
The prizes of the Biennial of Venice awarded. Schaffer, French and Riley, English, are the best foreigners; Pascali and Colombo win for the Italians. The prize for graphics goes to the German Janssen.
[Italy]

18 october

At the House the amnesty passes in a form that is extended with respect to that proposed by Codignola. In fact the end of validity fixed at 1 October 1966 has been abolished.
[Italy]
Smith and Carlos expelled from the Olympic team and invited to leave the Olympic village. Evans (gold in the 400 with 43''8), James and Freeman (2nd and 3rd) repeat the protest during their prize-giving adding the black beret of Black Power.
[Mexico]

19 october

Protest (above all in solidarity with Smith and Carlos) also of the black athletes Beamon and Boston, first and third in the long jump. They arrive barefoot at the prize-giving ceremony. The two athletes are in disagreement over the stands of Black Power.
[United States]

20 october

		1 - 10 october 11 - 20 october 21 - 31 october
11 october		Apollo 7, with 3 astronauts on board, takes off. With this launch into space, the USA take the direction of arrival on the moon, after an interruption of more than a year and a half following the accident in which three astronauts on an experimental flight lost their lives. [United States] General strike against fixed salary sectors in Naples. Withdrawn the dismissals at the Saint Gobain factory of Pisa, the management undertakes to withdraw the almost 400 redundancies. Occupation of unrented IACP houses also at the Tufello, in Rome. [Italy]
12 october		The Olympics are inaugurated in Mexico City. [Messico] According to the Los Angeles Post the desertions from the army are in constant increase. Soldiers are abandoning the training camps before being sent to Vietnam and take refuge in Mexico. [United Statest] New coup d'état in Panama. Deposed president Arias, who had taken office only 11 days before. The USA take the side of the deposed president and suspend diplomatic relations with Panama. [Panama]
13 october		A demonstration against the war in Vietnam organized by the League of the Military for Peace and Freedom in front of the White House. [United States]
14 october		Strike at the Saint Gobain factory. The police charge the pickets of workers and students in front of the Lancia factory of Turin. [Italy] The police irrupts in the hall where the secret congress of Brazilian students is being held and arrests 1,240 persons. The movement will never get over the setback. [Brazil] The president of the FRG Luebke resigns. The official reason is his advanced age, but actually it was the protests for his collusion with Nazism that cause the abandonment of Luebke. [West Germany]
15 october		Harsh charges of the police against the workers of the Saint Gobain factory on strike. The Pirelli group also on strike. [Italy]
16 october		Third day of clashes between blacks and police in Washington. Racial clashes also in Chicago and Philadelphia. [United States] ReRevelation of the contents of the treaty between USSR and Czechoslovakia signed in Moscow. The tanks of Warsaw will remain in Czechoslovakia for an indefinite period. [Czechoslovakia]
17 october		Tommy Smith, gold medal and world record in the 200 metres (19''8) at the Olympics and John Carlos, third, protest by arriving at the prize-giving barefoot and with a black-gloved clenched fist. Both belong to Black Power. [United Statest] The prizes of the Biennial of Venice awarded. Schaffer, French and Riley, English, are the best foreigners; Pascali and Colombo win for the Italians. The prize for graphics goes to the German Janssen. [Italy]
18 october		At the House the amnesty passes in a form that is extended with respect to that proposed by Codignola. In fact the end of validity fixed at 1 October 1966 has been abolished. [Italy] Smith and Carlos expelled from the Olympic team and invited to leave the Olympic village. Evans (gold in the 400 with 43''8), James and Freeman (2nd and 3rd) repeat the protest during their prize-giving adding the black beret of Black Power. [Mexico]
19 october		Protest (above all in solidarity with Smith and Carlos) also of the black athletes Beamon and Boston, first and third in the long jump. They arrive barefoot at the prize-giving ceremony. The two athletes are in disagreement over the stands of Black Power. [United States]
20 october