What day of the week was February 1, 1968?

The day of the week February 1st, 1968 fell on was a Thursday.

Jacob van der Hoeden the Dutch-Israeli scientist and academic (b. 1891) died on this day in 1968.

Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. Canada's three military services the the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces. The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.