Salazar's fall from a chair
1968 · Event
A stroke after a fall incapacitates the 79-year-old dictator; he is replaced by Caetano but, never told, believes he still rules Portugal until his death.
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Around 1968
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- The Beatles (1960)