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How much do you remember about 1968?


January


  5 - Dr. Spock is indicted for aiding and abetting draft dodgers - New 4/21/08
  7 - The Surveyor 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral and lands on the moon 45 days later.
14 - Super Bowl II is played and Green Bay defeats Oakland 33-14.
15 - 5,000 women march on Washington to demand an end to the Vietnam War - New 4/21/08
16 - Activist Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, establish the Youth Int'l Party - the Yippies - New 4/21/08
17 - The Number one song is the Beatles "Hello Goodbye".
22 - Laugh In premiers Sock it to me.
24 - The movie "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" is released.


February


  1 - Elvis and Pricilla become parents to Lisa Marie.
  1 - Photojournalist Eddie Adams takes his famous photo of the South Vietnamese police chief Nguyen Ngoc
       Loan executing a Vietcong prisoner - New 4/21/08

  3 - "Green Tambourine" by the Lemon Pipers becomes number one hit.
  6 - Winter Olympic Games open in Grenoble France.
  8 - The original "Planet of the Apes" is released.
  8 - Three student protestors are killed and dozens are injured at a South Carolina State University rally against
     the segregation of a local bowling alley - New 4/21/08
10 - Peggy Fleming wins Olympic Gold in Figure Skating.
12 - Eldridge Cleaver publishes "Soul on Ice" - New 4/21/08
14 - Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" opens on Broadway.
16 - A police station in Haleyville Alabama, is the first to officially use 911 - New 4/21/08
21 - Susan Klindienst celebrates her 18th birthday
22 - Philip Morris begins test marketing "Virginia Slims" campaign for the modern female.
26 - Manfred Mann's "The Mighty Quinn" becomes Number one.
28 - Frankie Lymon dies at age 25 of Heroin Overdose.
29 - The 10th annual Grammies name "Up Up and Away" Record of the year.


March


14 - The TV Show Batman airs it's last original episode. Ever hear of Syndication.
17 - The Bee Gees appear on Ed Sullivan.
30 - "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" is number one.
31 - Lyndon Johnson announces he will not seek reelection - New 4/21/08


April


  3 - "2001: A space Odyssey" debuts.
  4 - Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated.
10 - "In the Heat of the Night" wins Best Picture.
10 - Rod Steiger for "In the Heat of the Night" wins Best Actor.
10 - Katherine Hepburn for " Guess who's Coming to Dinner" wins Best Actress.
10 - Kathy Curran celebrates her 18th birthday.
13 - Ken Herr celebrates his 18th birthday.
14 - Carol Dolan celebrates her 18th birthday.
17 - "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro becomes number one.
29 - "Hair" opens at the Biltmore Theater in NYC.


May


  3 - "The Odd Couple" movie is released.
  4 - Dancers Image wins the 94th running of the Kentucky Derby.
  7 - Dancers Image is disqualified and Forward Pass is named Kentucky Derby winner.
  8 - Special for Gary Corbet - Catfish Hunter pitches a Perfect Game against the Twins.
16 - "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and the Drells is number one.
30 - Bobby Unser wins the Indianapolis 500.


June


  1 - Helen Keller dies.
  5 - Robert Kennedy is shot and dies on June 6.
  9 - "Mrs Robinson" is number one for the second week.
13 - Johnny Cash performs live at California's Folsom Prison - New 4/21/08
15 - Mike Neuhaus celebrates his 18th birthday
16 - The first modern cash-dispensing machine - The ATM is invented in Dallas - New 4/21/08
19 - The "Green Berets" is released.
20 - We Graduate I think.

Other Interesting Facts


Average Income - $ 7,844.00
New Car - $ 2,822.00
New House - $14,975.00
Loaf of Bread - $ .22
Gallon of Gas - $ .34
Gallon of Milk - $ 1.21
Minimum Wage - $ 1.60 per hour
Gold Per Ounce - $ 39.26
Silver Per Ounce - $ 2.14
Dow Jones Avg. - 825.13 to 985.21
Life Expectancy - 70.2 Years


Last updated 06-15-2008