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Events for 1968 |
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for Tomorrow and the Guiding Light expand from 15 min.
to 30 min. |
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CBS cuts
Smother Brothers Show
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Rowan and Martin's
Laugh-In opens with regulars Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin |
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60 Minutes premiers with
Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner |
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Alaska's rich oil field,
the North Slop is discovered |
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Summer Games are held in Mexico City
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Peggy Fleming wins
figure skating at Winter Games in France |
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Afro and corn-row
hairdos are big in women's fashions |
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Men's ties become wider
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TV nightly news shows Saigon police chief
shot a prisoner in the head |
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Yale college admits women |
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Joe Nameth buys a mink coat, news media
hit |
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono's nude record album cover is banned
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Tiny Tim becomes well known singing "Come
Tip Toe Through The Tulips" |
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Events for 1969 |
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono
marry |
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Sesame street begins on PBS stations
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John Wayne wins Academy Award in True Grit
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During Chicago 8 trial, Booby Seale is
bound and gagged by judge for disruption |
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Unisex look comes into fashion |
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Jonny Unitas is named Player of the Decade
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Green River by Creedence Clearwater
Revival becomes a top album |
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Bowie Kukn becomes baseball commissioner
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New Words; headhunter, hunk, command
module, downers, uppers |
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Measles vaccine is made available |
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Mario Puzo's The God Father becomes a best
selling book |
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Dustin Hoffman and John Voight star in
Midnight Cowboy |
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TV show Hee Haw premieres
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Events for 1970 |
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Deaths; Jimi Hendrex,
Janis Joplin, Sonny Liston, Charles Riggles |
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The war movie Patton
wins several awards |
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Boston Bruins player Bobby Orr scores a
record 120 points as a defensmen |
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IBM introduces the "Floppy" disk for
storage |
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Young fashion is found in Army Navy
surplus stores and thrift shops |
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New words; preppie, hassle, fast-food,
rip-off, Fortran, blahs, put down |
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Vassar college admits male students for
the first time |
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Massive recall of canned Tuna by FDA for
possible mercury poisoning |
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Lasers are used in bombing targeting for
more accuracy |
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NFL and AFL merge into the NFL |
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Frank Zappa, Miles Davis
and Blood Sweat and Tears are top performers |
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Vietnam heats up in 1965
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