16 October 1968 October 15, 2021 Author: Staff Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute. Famous Words of Inspiration..."You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house." C.S. Lewis — Click here for more from C.S. Lewis Related posts: 18 October 1968 16 October 1968 3 April 1968 8 October 1968 14 October 1968 5 January 1968 22 June 1942 22 June 1942 5 January 1968 30 September 1968 Categories: History Tags: 16 October, 1968