Fatto generale: 8968 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fatto matematico: 8968 is a strobogrammatic number.
Trivia: 8968 is a boring number.
Data storica: July 20th is the day in 1999 that Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China, and a large scale crackdown of the practice is launched.