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October 10 – 1968 World Series: The Detroit Tigers defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in the best of 7 series (4 games to 3) after being down 3 games to 1, completing an unlikely comeback against the heavily favored Cardinals led by the overpowering right-handed pitcher Bob Gibson. The final score of Game 7 is 4–1.
1968 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1968th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 968th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1960s decade.
The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, which were predominantly characterized by the rise of left-wing politics, [1] anti-war sentiment, civil rights urgency, youth counterculture within the silent and baby boomer generations, and popular rebellions against military states and bureaucracies.
Columbia University’s graduating class of 1968 was no stranger to protests. The college years of its student body were marked by the anti-Vietnam War movement and the fight for civil rights.
October 12, 1968: Equatorial Guinea becomes world's newest nation October 11–22, 1968: Apollo 7 launched with Eisele, Schirra and Cunningham October 12, 1968: Summer Olympics open in Mexico City, 10 days after protesters massacred October 18, 1968: Bob Beamon shatters long jump record October 16, 1968: U.S. Olympians Carlos and Smith protest during U.S. anthem
1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
A historian explains how the U.S. was able to enact a federal gun control law in 1968, and why such a law would be hard to pass today.
Disruptive election years can reset a country's politics. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us