1968 EVENTS
"The year 1968 was the most turbulent since the end of
World War II."
David Caute
The Year of the Barricades
Tet Offensive in Vietnam
President Johnson announces he will not seek reelection
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated
French general strike and riots, approaching revolution
Robert Kennedy assassinated
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Riots at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Occupations, riots, and closures at many universities in the U.S.
and Europe