page_title: 1968
section_title: November
hierarchical_section_title: 1968 / Events / November
caption_attribution_description: English: Richard Nixon gives his trademark "victory" sign while in Paoli, PA (Western Philadelphia Suburbs/Main Line) during his successful campaign to become President of the United States
context_page_description: 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1968th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 968th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1960s decade.
  The year was defined by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
context_section_description: November 5
  1968 U.S. presidential election: Republican candidate Richard Nixon defeats the Democratic candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace.
  Luis A. Ferré, of the newly formed New Progressive Party is elected Governor of Puerto Rico, by beating incumbent governor Roberto Sánchez Vilella of the People's Party, Luis Negrón López of the Popular Democratic Party and Antonio J. Gonzalez of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, he also becomes the first "statehooder" governor of the Island.
  November 11 – A second republic is declared in the Maldives.
  November 14 – Yale University announces it is going to admit women.
  November 15 – Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt is initiated to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. By the end of the operation, 3 million tons of bombs are dropped on Laos, slowing but not seriously disrupting trail operations.
  November 17
  British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
  The Heidi Game: NBC cuts off the final 1:05 of an Oakland Raiders–New York Jets football game to broadcast the pre-scheduled Heidi. Fans are unable to see Oakland (which had been trailing 32–29) score 2 late touchdowns to win 43–32; as a result, thousands of outraged football fans flood the NBC switchboards to protest.
  November 19 – In Mali, President Modibo Keïta's regime is overthrown in a bloodless military coup led by Moussa Traoré.
  November 20 – The Farmington Mine disaster in Farmington, West Virginia, kills seventy-eight men.
  November 22
  The Beatles release their self-titled album popularly known as the White Album.
  "Plato's Stepchildren", 12th episode of Star Trek 3rd season is aired, featuring the first-ever interracial kiss on U.S. national television between Lieutenant Uhura and Captain James T. Kirk.
  November 24 – 4 men hijack Pan Am Flight 281 from JFK International Airport, New York to Havana, Cuba.
  November 26 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force First Lieutenant and Bell UH-1F helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire, earning a Medal of Honor for his bravery.
caption: Richard Nixon (pictured) is elected United States President.
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