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May
May 1: May Day is marked by a wave of socialist marches and unrest across Europe, Asia and the Americas, with strikes being called in France and Germany. Radical university students and communist sympathisers occupy part of the Sorbonne University and there is an outbreak =and riots in the outer bidonvilles of the capital, with goblinoids and migrants alike set upon in the street fighting.
May 2: Paris is beset by running street battles between CRS riot police and coordinated riotous anarchist, communist and socialist protesters coordinated by the Communist Party of France and would-be revolutionist students. King Louis issues a call for calm and The Marquis d'Ambreville holds a press conference on RTF regarding the mounting unrest in Paris, declaring that all loyal Frenchmen and the Army will not tolerate the spectre of communist revolution.
May 3: A curfew is declared across Paris, yet certain arrondissements remain as running battle zones. The French Army moves up units close to the capital to provide for the restoration of order, yet it is unclear who currently is possessed of the authority to do so; French wizards additionally detect an extraordinary amount of enchantment and illusion magics being employed around the capital. Trade union representatives and certain politicians remain ensconced in secretive discussions through the day.
May 4: French airborne troops from Corsica land at Orly Airport before midnight and move to secure locations in the capital in conjunction with Gardes Royale and armoured forces. Key locations are surrounded by tanks and fighter planes, armed helicopters and dragons criss-cross the city. Thousands of protestors, students and rioters are rounded up and arrested by troops in the crackdown.
May 5: The United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and the Empire of China sign the Spaceman Rescue Agreement in Montevideo.
May 6: Ilich Ramírez Sánchez is selected by the KGB for its special international development programme at Lumumba University.
May 7: SFPD Captain Harry Callahan shoots dead a crazed man whilst investigating a series of murders in Riverside; the man is found in possession of occult and astrological paraphernalia.
May 8: In what is termed the Second Battle of the Gulf of Tonkin, seven North Vietnamese destroyers and torpedo boats are sunk by a USN surface task force lead by USS New Jersey and USS Congress.
May 9: The King of France makes a special appearance on television and radio, declaring that the state of emergency will continue for the time being and that a caretaker government of national unity will be appointed until national elections can be held. This gravity of this announcement is overshadowed by the news of the arrival of Orion 4 in the Saturnian system, with a landing on Titan to occur in the coming days.
May 10: British troops begin operational testing of a ground launched enlarged variant of the Javelin general purpose missile in Southern Africa. It is designed to augment artillery, mortars, rockets and aircraft in the tactical indirect support of infantry but its relative expense remains a considerable factor in its development and procurement.
May 11: Enoch Powell wins the first round of the Conservative Party leadership election with 76 votes to Churchill's 43, Wooster's 29 and Thorneycroft's 24.
May 12: The House of Commons passes the first reading of the Civil Defence Act 1968, which sets out new requirements for food stocks, public and private shelters and improved warning systems. A further proposal to lift the ban on ghost trains in place since the Blackpool Haunting of 1934 is defeated in committee.
May 13: Arrival of the first Israeli brigade on combat deployment to South Vietnam, following on from the January rotation of a Golani battalion to the Congo.
May 14: England Test cricket allrounder and footballer Jack Shaw is selected for the British Olympic team, mirroring the achievement of C.B. Fry.
May 15: Five US and South Vietnamese divisions totalling 160,000 men launch Operation Courier a concentrated offensive against Viet Cong and NVA positions in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. Courier marks the first widespread use of M60 tanks in the Vietnam War and the combat debut of the M165 125mm self propelled howitzer.
May 16: Northern Japan is struck by an earthquake registering 8.9 on the Richter Scale, killing 90 and causing a localised tsunami.
May 17: Publication of The Adventures of You on Sugar Cane Island by Edward Packard, the first in a series of multi-outcome gamebooks of the Adventures of You series, later known as Choose Your Own Adventure, and the introduction of Mattel's Hot Wheels robotic children's cars.
May 18: United States astronauts land on the Saturnian moon of Titan, with John Glenn being the first to set foot on the surface. Initial pictures show a remarkable alien planet teeming with plant and animal life.
May 19: 12 year old Emperor Sebastião of Brazil makes his first public appearance since his father's assassination, shoring up public support for the teetering government and demonstrating his continuing presence in the country; the boy is said to appear absolutely terrified.
May 20: The Commonwealth Corps begins Operation Stallion, a concentrated search and destroy offensive against remaining VC forces in Bin Duong Province, spearheaded by dwarven troops and specialist underground mining vehicles.
May 21: A multinational rescue force saves the Norwegian cruise ship MV Blenheim in the North Sea, with British, German, Danish and Norwegian helicopters, Rotodynes and warships taking the passengers and crew aboard and towing the stricken vessel to the safety of Stavanger.
May 22: USS Scorpion is lost 500nm off the coast of the Azure Islands without any apparent trace.
May 23: The former USSF Echo communications space station deorbits and crashes to Earth, its debris impacting a large swathe of Jallisco state in Mexico.
May 24: Corporal William Connolly, 25 PARA, is awarded the Military Medal for valour in an engagement at Phước Long.
May 25: A Dutch farmer near Eindhoven is left bereft as his record breaking 10ft tall Holstein cow Boterbloem is kidnapped by a nefarious villain who is seemingly abducting the largest animals in Europe.
May 26: Birth of a firstborn son to the Crown Princess of Denmark.
May 27: Pravda announces that Alexei Sergeyev has been unanimously elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
May 28: British monthly tank production exceeds 350 for the first time in seven years as earlier expansion of production facilities begins to show results; small arms, artillery and MACV production is similarly showing a marked increase, but bottlenecks in the output of rocket fuel still act to constrain increases in tactical missile output.
May 29: Equatorial, Sudan, Tanganyika and Uganda are granted self government within the British Commonwealth, the first step towards independence.
May 30: TIME Magazine runs a cover story on ‘The Economy That Won’t Quit’, an analysis of the continued US economic growth of the last decade, as industrial production has risen by more than 85% since 1960, gross national product by almost 70% and corporate profits after tax by 140%.
May 31: Cavendish Foods opens the first branch of its premium grocery and retail ‘supermarkets’ outside of London.
May 1: May Day is marked by a wave of socialist marches and unrest across Europe, Asia and the Americas, with strikes being called in France and Germany. Radical university students and communist sympathisers occupy part of the Sorbonne University and there is an outbreak =and riots in the outer bidonvilles of the capital, with goblinoids and migrants alike set upon in the street fighting.
May 2: Paris is beset by running street battles between CRS riot police and coordinated riotous anarchist, communist and socialist protesters coordinated by the Communist Party of France and would-be revolutionist students. King Louis issues a call for calm and The Marquis d'Ambreville holds a press conference on RTF regarding the mounting unrest in Paris, declaring that all loyal Frenchmen and the Army will not tolerate the spectre of communist revolution.
May 3: A curfew is declared across Paris, yet certain arrondissements remain as running battle zones. The French Army moves up units close to the capital to provide for the restoration of order, yet it is unclear who currently is possessed of the authority to do so; French wizards additionally detect an extraordinary amount of enchantment and illusion magics being employed around the capital. Trade union representatives and certain politicians remain ensconced in secretive discussions through the day.
May 4: French airborne troops from Corsica land at Orly Airport before midnight and move to secure locations in the capital in conjunction with Gardes Royale and armoured forces. Key locations are surrounded by tanks and fighter planes, armed helicopters and dragons criss-cross the city. Thousands of protestors, students and rioters are rounded up and arrested by troops in the crackdown.
May 5: The United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and the Empire of China sign the Spaceman Rescue Agreement in Montevideo.
May 6: Ilich Ramírez Sánchez is selected by the KGB for its special international development programme at Lumumba University.
May 7: SFPD Captain Harry Callahan shoots dead a crazed man whilst investigating a series of murders in Riverside; the man is found in possession of occult and astrological paraphernalia.
May 8: In what is termed the Second Battle of the Gulf of Tonkin, seven North Vietnamese destroyers and torpedo boats are sunk by a USN surface task force lead by USS New Jersey and USS Congress.
May 9: The King of France makes a special appearance on television and radio, declaring that the state of emergency will continue for the time being and that a caretaker government of national unity will be appointed until national elections can be held. This gravity of this announcement is overshadowed by the news of the arrival of Orion 4 in the Saturnian system, with a landing on Titan to occur in the coming days.
May 10: British troops begin operational testing of a ground launched enlarged variant of the Javelin general purpose missile in Southern Africa. It is designed to augment artillery, mortars, rockets and aircraft in the tactical indirect support of infantry but its relative expense remains a considerable factor in its development and procurement.
May 11: Enoch Powell wins the first round of the Conservative Party leadership election with 76 votes to Churchill's 43, Wooster's 29 and Thorneycroft's 24.
May 12: The House of Commons passes the first reading of the Civil Defence Act 1968, which sets out new requirements for food stocks, public and private shelters and improved warning systems. A further proposal to lift the ban on ghost trains in place since the Blackpool Haunting of 1934 is defeated in committee.
May 13: Arrival of the first Israeli brigade on combat deployment to South Vietnam, following on from the January rotation of a Golani battalion to the Congo.
May 14: England Test cricket allrounder and footballer Jack Shaw is selected for the British Olympic team, mirroring the achievement of C.B. Fry.
May 15: Five US and South Vietnamese divisions totalling 160,000 men launch Operation Courier a concentrated offensive against Viet Cong and NVA positions in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. Courier marks the first widespread use of M60 tanks in the Vietnam War and the combat debut of the M165 125mm self propelled howitzer.
May 16: Northern Japan is struck by an earthquake registering 8.9 on the Richter Scale, killing 90 and causing a localised tsunami.
May 17: Publication of The Adventures of You on Sugar Cane Island by Edward Packard, the first in a series of multi-outcome gamebooks of the Adventures of You series, later known as Choose Your Own Adventure, and the introduction of Mattel's Hot Wheels robotic children's cars.
May 18: United States astronauts land on the Saturnian moon of Titan, with John Glenn being the first to set foot on the surface. Initial pictures show a remarkable alien planet teeming with plant and animal life.
May 19: 12 year old Emperor Sebastião of Brazil makes his first public appearance since his father's assassination, shoring up public support for the teetering government and demonstrating his continuing presence in the country; the boy is said to appear absolutely terrified.
May 20: The Commonwealth Corps begins Operation Stallion, a concentrated search and destroy offensive against remaining VC forces in Bin Duong Province, spearheaded by dwarven troops and specialist underground mining vehicles.
May 21: A multinational rescue force saves the Norwegian cruise ship MV Blenheim in the North Sea, with British, German, Danish and Norwegian helicopters, Rotodynes and warships taking the passengers and crew aboard and towing the stricken vessel to the safety of Stavanger.
May 22: USS Scorpion is lost 500nm off the coast of the Azure Islands without any apparent trace.
May 23: The former USSF Echo communications space station deorbits and crashes to Earth, its debris impacting a large swathe of Jallisco state in Mexico.
May 24: Corporal William Connolly, 25 PARA, is awarded the Military Medal for valour in an engagement at Phước Long.
May 25: A Dutch farmer near Eindhoven is left bereft as his record breaking 10ft tall Holstein cow Boterbloem is kidnapped by a nefarious villain who is seemingly abducting the largest animals in Europe.
May 26: Birth of a firstborn son to the Crown Princess of Denmark.
May 27: Pravda announces that Alexei Sergeyev has been unanimously elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
May 28: British monthly tank production exceeds 350 for the first time in seven years as earlier expansion of production facilities begins to show results; small arms, artillery and MACV production is similarly showing a marked increase, but bottlenecks in the output of rocket fuel still act to constrain increases in tactical missile output.
May 29: Equatorial, Sudan, Tanganyika and Uganda are granted self government within the British Commonwealth, the first step towards independence.
May 30: TIME Magazine runs a cover story on ‘The Economy That Won’t Quit’, an analysis of the continued US economic growth of the last decade, as industrial production has risen by more than 85% since 1960, gross national product by almost 70% and corporate profits after tax by 140%.
May 31: Cavendish Foods opens the first branch of its premium grocery and retail ‘supermarkets’ outside of London.
