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The event is photographed by Eddie Adams. The photo makes headlines around the world, eventually winning the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, and sways U.S. public opinion against the war. The Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merge to form Penn Central, the largest ever corporate merger up to this date.
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.
ABC broadcasts coverage of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. This is the first Summer Olympics to be telecast in color in the United States. October 14 First live television broadcast from a spacecraft in orbit, during the Apollo 7 mission. There are six broadcasts during the eleven-day mission. October 19
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Still, for months, many pundits predicted a Democratic National Convention in Chicago this year would devolve into a scene out of 1968’s Vietnam era convention held in the city with days of ...
October 1968 events in North America (4 C, 2 P) November 1968 events in North America (4 C, 1 P) December 1968 events in North America (3 C, 1 P) C.