This doctrine was announced to retroactively justify the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 that ended the Prague Spring, along with earlier Soviet military interventions, such as the invasion of Hungary in 1956.

In the presence of a UN observer team, a referendum was held on August 11, 1968, and 63 % of the electorate voted in favor of the constitution, which provided for a government with a General Assembly and a Supreme Court with judges appointed by the president.

Enid Mary Blyton ( 11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968 ) was a British children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.

Rediffusion did not use the play ; instead, it was made as one of the first productions of the new ITV company Yorkshire Television, and broadcast posthumously on 26 August 1968.

* Carter, Harvey Lewis " Dear Old Kit ": The Historical Christopher Carson, University of Oklahoma Press, hardcover ( 1968 ), 250 pages ; trade paperback reprint, University of Oklahoma Press ( August 1990 ), 250 pages, ISBN 978-0-8061-2253-3 Pages 38 to 150 of " Dear Old Kit " consist of an annotated edition of " The Kit Carson Memoirs, 1809-1856 ", an original manuscript dictated by Kit Carson with 322 annotations by Carter.

Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007 ) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important ( Barrett 1988, 45 ; Harvey 1975b, 705 ; Hopkins 1972, 33 ; Klein 1968, 117 ) but also controversial ( Power 1990, 30 ) composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

The last Governor, Sir John Shaw Rennie served as the first Governor-General until 27 August 1968.

However, in 1924, Czech physicist August Žáček ( 1886 – 1961 ) and German physicist Erich Habann ( 1892 – 1968 ) independently discovered that the magnetron could generate waves of 100 megahertz to 1 gigahertz.

Tremblay's first professionally produced play, Les Belles-Sœurs, was written in 1965 and premiered at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

The New Progressive Party ( PNP ) was founded in August, 1967 by Luis A. Ferré, a month after the July 23, 1967 local plebiscite and the year before the PNP won the 1968 elections.

It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected the First Secretary of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and continued until 21 August when the Soviet Union and all members of the Warsaw Pact, with the notable exception of Romania, invaded the country to halt the reforms.

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Soviet paratroopers on a light tank head towards Prague Castle, seat of the Czechoslovak government, and downtown Prague in the early morning hours of 21 August 1968

On the night of 20 – 21 August 1968, Eastern Bloc armies from four Warsaw Pact countries – the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary — invaded the ČSSR.

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The first test launch took place on 16 August 1968, the first successful at-sea launch was from a surface ship, the historic ( from July 1 to December 16, 1969 ), earning the ship the Meritorious Unit Commendation, and the first test launch from a submarine took place on the on 3 August 1970.

Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.

* Alex Lifeson — acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals ( August 1968 – present )

* Jeff Jones — bass guitar, lead vocals ( August – September 1968 )

* John Rutsey — drums, percussion, backing vocals ( August 1968 – July 1974 ; died 2008 )

President Massamba-Débat's term ended in August 1968 when Captain Marien Ngouabi and other army officers toppled the government in a coup.

The Seekers featured on " Episode 2: Ten Pound Rocker 1963 – 1968 " broadcast on 22 August, in which Durham and Woodley discussed their early work on a cruise ship, meeting Tom Springfield and their success in Britain.

) His men were routed when they encountered Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's corps, but by the following day, August 30, he took command of the division when Hatch was wounded, and he led his men to cover the retreat of the Union Army.

* 1945 – August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.

He took part in the subsequent campaign, but when the Peace of Passau was signed in August 1552 he separated himself from his allies and began a crusade of plunder in Franconia, which led to the Second Margrave War.

Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenović ( Cyrillic: Александар Обреновић ; 14 August 1876 – 11 June 1903 ) was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Queen Draga, were assassinated by a group of Army officers, led by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević

Andrew Carnegie (, but commonly or ; November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919 ) was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.

On 26 August 1944, the Fatherland Front made the decision to incite an armed rebellion against the government, which led to the appointment of a new government on 2 September.

Pasternak's translation of the first part of Faust led him to be attacked in the August 1950 edition of Novy Mir.

On 19 August 1915, sank the White Star Liner with the loss of 44 lives-this included three Americans and led to a diplomatic incident between Germany and the US.

Local labourer Matthew Weeks was accused of the murder and at noon on 12 August 1844 he was led from Bodmin Gaol and hanged.

From there he led an army over the Andes and captured New Granada after a quick campaign that ended at the Battle of Boyacá, on August 7, 1819.

The growing likelihood of the dissolution of the USSR itself led hardline elements in the CPSU to launch the August Coup in 1991 which temporarily removed Gorbachev from power.

In the August race at Michigan International Speedway, Earnhardt led laps late in the race and nearly pulled off his first win on a non-restrictor plate track since 1996.

" In August 1777, General Sir William Howe led a British army through Delaware on his way to a victory at the Battle of Brandywine and capture of the city of Philadelphia.

Movement for the Liberation of Congo ( MLC ), led by the warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, attacked in August 1998, backed by Rwandan and Ugandan troops.

Deng Xiaoping ( Pinyin: Dèng Xiǎopíng, ; 22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997 ) was a politician and reformist leader of the Communist Party of China who led China towards a market economy.

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On 4 August 1265 Montfort faced an army led by Prince Edward ( the later King Edward I ) and the powerful earl of Gloucester, who had recently defected to the royalist side, at the Battle of Evesham.

In August 1979 Macias ' nephew from Mongomo and former director of the infamous Black Beach prison, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, led a successful coup d ' état ; Macias was arrested, tried, and executed.

On 1 June 2002 Baresi was officially appointed as director of football at Fulham, but tensions between Baresi and then Fulham manager Jean Tigana led to resignation from the club in August.

In 1993, Garth Brooks, who had criticized music stores which sold used CDs since it led to a loss in royalty payments, persuaded Capitol Records not to ship his August 1993 album In Pieces to stores which engaged in this practice.

The English Civil War, 1642 – 1645, led to an expansion of the gunpowder industry, with the repeal of the Royal Patent in August 1641.

The Duke of Hamilton led an invasion of England to free the King, but he was defeated by Oliver Cromwell in August 1648 at the Battle of Preston.

Indonesian military intelligence influenced the break-up of the alliance between Fretilin and UDT, which led to a coup by the UDT on 11 August 1975, and a month-long civil war.

As Bush lagged in the polls in the weeks preceding the August 1992 Republican National Convention, some Republican strategists ( led by Secretary of State James Baker ) viewed Quayle as a liability to the ticket and pushed for his replacement.

If so, he went back to business as usual in Gaul, for, from June to August of that year, Julian led a successful campaign against the Attuarian Franks.