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Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
1968Jun, 26

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈkvʏðnɪ ˈtʰɔrlaˌsiːʏs ˈjouːhanɛsɔn];

born 26 June 1968) is an Icelandic historian serving as the sixth and current president of Iceland. He took office in 2016 after winning the most votes in the 2016 election, 71,356 (39.1%). He was reelected in 2020 with 92.2% of the vote.A historian, Guðni was a docent at the University of Iceland before running for president in 2016. His field of research is modern Icelandic history, and he has published works on the Cod Wars, the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis and the Icelandic presidency, among other topics.

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Events on 1968

  • 30Jan

    Tet Offensive

    Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
  • 31Jan

    Tet Offensive

    Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
  • 29Apr

    Counterculture of the 1960s

    The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
  • 14Oct

    U.S. Marine Corps

    Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps will send about 24,000 soldiers and Marines back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours of duty in the combat zone there.
  • 20Oct

    Jacqueline Kennedy

    Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.