1968

By Ragingpotato01
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    The Year that was

  • President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers the State Union Adress

    President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers the State Union Adress

    The State Union Address fulfills rules in Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, requiring the President to periodically give Congress information on the "state of the union" and recommend any measures that he believes are necessary and expedient.
  • North Vietnamese launch the Tet offensive

    North Vietnamese launch the Tet offensive

    On January 31, 1968, some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive, a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam.
  • Richard Nixon enters the New Hamshire primary and declares his presidential candidacy

    Richard Nixon enters the New Hamshire primary and declares his presidential candidacy

  • Orangeburg

    Orangeburg

  • Madison Square Garden

    Madison Square Garden

    Creation
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Leads march in Memphis that turns violent

    Martin Luther King Jr. Leads march in Memphis that turns violent

  • Space Odyssey

    Space Odyssey

  • Martin Luthar King Jr. was assassinated

    Martin Luthar King Jr. was assassinated

  • Riot over MLK death

    Riot over MLK death

  • Christ Church Picture Gallery in Oxford is opened.

    Christ Church Picture Gallery in Oxford is opened.

  • The US and North Vietnamese begin peace talk in Paris

    The US and North Vietnamese begin peace talk in Paris

  • Peace talks about Vietnam in France

    Peace talks about Vietnam in France

  • Kennedy was assassinated

    Kennedy was assassinated

  • A bill adding a 10 percent surcharge to income taxes and reducing government spending is signed by President Johnson

    A bill adding a 10 percent surcharge to income taxes and reducing government spending is signed by President Johnson

  • At their Party convention in Miami Beach the Republicans nominate Richard Milhouse Nixon to be their presidential candidate

    At their Party convention in Miami Beach the Republicans nominate Richard Milhouse Nixon to be their presidential candidate

  • Tigers win world series

    Tigers win world series

  • France explodes first nuclear bomb

    France explodes first nuclear bomb

  • First medal of Honor for a black person

    First medal of Honor for a black person

  • Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey kicks off his presidential campaign at New York City's Labor Day parade.

    Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey kicks off his presidential campaign at New York City's Labor Day parade.

  • First whole earth catolog

    First whole earth catolog

  • Black panther salute at olympic games

    Black panther salute at olympic games

  • Nixon wins presidential election

    Nixon wins presidential election

  • First interracial kiss on TV

    First interracial kiss on TV

  • First computer word processor

    First computer word processor

  • Apollo 8 orbits the moon

    Apollo 8 orbits the moon