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Iron Triangle
Some 16,000 US and 14,000 South Vietnamese troops started their biggest attack on the Iron Triangle, northwest of Saigon. -
Space Weapons
US, USSR, UK sign treaty banning nuclear weapons in space. -
MLK jr
Martin Luther King shot and killed in Memphis at the age 39. King was shot as he stood on the balcony outside his hotel room. Escaped convict James Earl Ray later pleads guilty to the crime. -
Civil Rights Act
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. -
Boston University
300 Black students occupy administration building at Boston University demanding black studies and financial aid. -
University of Massachusetts
33 students arrested at administration building sit-in at University of Massachusetts -
Moon
The Unites States’ Apollo 11 lands on the moon, and Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon -
Woodstock Festival
WOODSTOCK Festival 500,000 people gathered for three days of music and peace that changed the world. -
Earth Day
First Earth day celebration is held with millions of Americans participating in anti-pollution demonstrations. These demonstrations included school children walking to school instead of riding the bus. -
Kent State University
Four students from Kent State University in Ohio were killed and nine wounded by National Guardsmen during a protest against the Vietnam War spread into Cambodia.
