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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.
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. February 6–18 – The 1968 Winter Olympics are held in Grenoble, France.
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.
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.
In 1968, two beloved figures in U.S. society were assassinated just two months apart: civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, and Democratic presidential candidate Robert F ...
1985 – Professional wrestling hits the mainstream with the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania I and Saturday Night's Main Event I. The WWF's flagship star, Hulk Hogan, becomes a cultural icon. 1985 – World awareness of famine in Third World countries spark "We Are the World" and Live Aid.
Columbia University finds itself at a similar crossroads as the Class of 1968 after canceling the upcoming university-wide graduation ceremony in response to student protests over Israel’s War ...
Part of the 1968 U.S. presidential election, the protests of 1968, opposition to the Vietnam War and political violence in the United States during the Cold War Chicago police drag an anti-Vietnam war protester across Michigan Avenue on August 28, 1968, during the Democratic National Convention as the crowd chants " The whole world is watching ".