That was the year when...• Martin Luther King (39) was assassinated in Memphis
• Yuri Gagarin (35), first man in space, died in a plane crash
• Prague Spring brings with it the hope of new political freedom in Czechoslovakia
• National strikes and large scaling rioting caused French President Charles De Gaulle to dissolve the National Assembly
• The Viet Cong Launched the Tet offensive across many S. Vietnam cities
About 1968
1968 was a year of uprising all over the world with race riots and Vietnam protests in the US, National strikes and student demonstrations in France and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring.
You Have been Watching...
• Dad's Army
• Do Not Adjust Your Set
• Father, Dear Father
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in
At the Cinema
• Oliver (Best Film Oscar)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Planet Of The Apes
• The Odd Couple
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