What important events happened in 1968?

Question: What important events happened in 1968!?

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Robert Kennedy was killed!. The Prisoner TV series began in the U!.S!. on June 1, 1968!. Nixon came into power!.

Gasoline was still cheap, as was food, but the war in Vietnam was creeping into all segments of society in the U!.S!., even in U!.S!. comedy programs of the day!.

Of all the events, probably the showing of "The Prisoner" had the most impact, not withstanding the assassinations!. Having read the history of that program, I understand that a few episodes were banned because it was fealt that they couldn't be broadcast on American television at the time!. And, this was a time when we were seeing real people being really killed on TV!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

French students and workers staged a series of protests and strikes that had France in a state of high disruption!. After the events of 1968, French values underwent a shift to the values of the young anarchists and radical workers!. The year 1968 was, throughout the Western World, a watershed year for cultural change!.

I, myself, don't have a lot of confidence in the fundamental inspiration of these changes, though in detail, not all of them were wrong!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The most important events were:

1!. A wave of student unrest, particularly in Paris, but also around the world!. To this day, the year 1968 is associated with youthful rebellion and revolutionary unpheaval!.

http://www!.bbc!.co!.uk/radio4/1968/
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/May_1968

2!. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia!. The Russians used tanks to crush the democratic reforms of Alexander Dubcek!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Prague_Spri!.!.!.

3!. The Tet Offensive in Vietnam!. This was an all-out attack by the Communist Viet Cong guerillas!. The offensive convinced many Americans the war couldn't be won!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Tet_offensi!.!.!.

4!. Lyndon Johnson resigned, and Richard Nixon was elected the US President!. Johnson was discredited by the Vietnam War!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/U!.S!._presid!.!.!.

5!. In the US, 1968 also saw the assassinations of both Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Martin_Luth!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Robert_F!._K!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl II, a lot of nasty stuff in Vietnam and Robert F!. Kennedy ran for president and was later assassinated as was Martin Luther King Jr!. See below!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The March on Washington at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, MLK shot, Robert Kennedy shot, W!.E!.B!. DuBois died, and Apollo 7 (I just visited NASA a week ago)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was sitting out front in Boyle Heights, there was no traffic no people no one anywhere it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop , just the wind!.!. Everyone was in Vietnam!.!.Everyone else was waiting to see what would happen!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nixon was elected!. RFK and MLK assassinated!. Tet Offensive began in Vietnam!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Cold War!.Www@QuestionHome@Com