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North Korea captures the USS Pueblo
North Korea captures the the American surveillance ship USS Pueblo sparking an 11 month crisis that threatened to worsen the already high Cold War tensions in the region.
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North Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive, launched against the United States and South Vietnam, signifies the beginning of the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on the second floor balcony of a room in the Lorraine Motel. The 6:01 PM shooting was committed by James Earl Ray.
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Sci-Fi movies changed forever
Stanley Kubrick's release of 2001: A Space Odyssey shakes film fanatics worldwide with new, unthinkable techniques. The film's special effects went on to win an Academy Award and are historical in todays film society.
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Robert F. Kennedy assassination
RFK was assassinated in Los Angeles, Ca. at the Ambassador Hotel. Shortly after a speech, Kennedy was shot by a Palestinian named Sirhan Sirhan.
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Greatest band in rock history is born
Led Zeppelin performs for the first time, billed as The New Yardbirds.
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First 747 Jumbo Jet
Boeing introduces the first 747 "Jumbo Jet". This game changing aircraft was able to carry many more passengers than previous airliners and made globetrotting feasible and easy.
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African American demonstration at Summer Olympics
During Mexico City's Summer Olympic Games of 1968, two black athletes staged a silent demonstration against racial discrimination in the United States.
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TV's first interracial kiss
Star Trek, the hugely successful sci-fi series, airs, for the first time on American television, an interracial kiss between a human and a Platonian. Thank god for William Shatner.
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Apollo 8 orbits the moon
Three astronauts become the first humans to circle the moon. Jim Lovell, Bill Anders, and Frank Borman become the first human beings to travel to the moon.
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