What Happened on March 2, 1968

Historical Events

Sports History

19 year-old American Peggy Fleming wins her 3rd consecutive World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland; announces her retirement, turns professional and eventually goes into broadcasting

Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler & Ford of Great Britain
Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova & Protopopov of the Soviet Union
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer of Austria
USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world, with a cargo compartment 37m long
USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit

Events in 1968