January 23, 1968 — Prudence Farrow arrives at Rishikesh
Prudence Farrow (younger sister of Mia Farrow), came to study under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram Rishikesh for...
February 2, 2017
1968
February 8, 1968 — Police shoot black protestors in Orangeburg, South Carolina, killing three
About 200 protestors gathered outside a bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina to demonstrate in favour of the civil rights...
January 29, 2017
February 10, 1968 — Andy Warhol introduces the concept of 15 minutes of fame
Andy Warhol understood one thing about the general acceleration of life and culture in the self-reinforcing media spiral of the...
January 24, 2017
March 16, 1968 — Members of the US Army massacre civilians at Mỹ Lai
The Mỹ Lai Massacre is the best known American military atrocity in history. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers...
January 19, 2017
April 4, 1968 — Martin Luther King is assassinated
Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, after years of non-violent struggle for civil rights. By 1967,...
January 14, 2017
July 22, 1968 — The Doors release “Waiting For The Sun”
“Waiting for the Sun” was the third studio album released by the Doors, although ironically, the title track of this...
January 9, 2017
August 20, 1968 — The Prague Spring is crushed by the Soviet Army
For eight glorious months in 1968, it appeared that some of the liberalisation that was sweeping the West had taken...
January 4, 2017
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