1968

     

Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monay (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Trivia about 1968

  • Martin Luther King assassinated, Viet Cong launches Tet Offensive, Green Bay wins second Super Bowl
  • Soviet tanks invade Prague,Tet Offensive launched,Bobby Kennedy shot
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Memphis, Tennessee) The National Civil Rights Museum is built on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King was assassinated in this year
  • U.S. runners give black power salute at Olympics; Kubrick's "2001" released
  • Hubert Humphrey was the Democratic candidate for president in this year
  • Humphrey & Muskie were edged out in this year
  • "The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting ____ in America"
  • The first Summer Olympics broadcast in color were held in Mexico City in this year

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