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1968

1968. 1968 Tet Offensive. 1968 Request for 206,000 more troops. . 1968 Robert Kennedy enters the presidential race. 1968 Johnson announces halt of bombing over North Vietnam and also announces his intention not to run for another term. Stop the bombing.

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1968

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  1. 1968

  2. 1968 Tet Offensive.

  3. 1968Request for 206,000 more troops.

  4. 1968 Robert Kennedy enters the presidential race.

  5. 1968 Johnson announces halt of bombing over North Vietnam and also announces his intention not to run for another term. Stop the bombing

  6. 1968 Demonstrations at Democratic convention in Chicago.

  7. 1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated.

  8. 1968 FBI launches a campaign (Code named COINTELPRO) to counter the growing antiwar movement. COINTELPRO

  9. 1968 Martin Luther King assassinated, April 4.

  10. 1968 Richard Nixon narrowly defeats Hubert Humphrey in the presidential election.

  11. Counterculture

  12. Tunege • 68 Singles0) • 1.“Hey Jude,” The Beatles • 2.“I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Marvin Gaye • 3.“Love is Blue,” Paul Mauriat • 4.“Love Child,” Diana Ross and The Supremes • 5.“Honey,” Bobby Goldsboro • 6.“(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay,” Otis Redding • 7.“People Got to Be Free,” The Rascals • 8.“This Guy's In Love With You,” Herb Alpert • 9.“Judy in Disguise (With Glasses),” John Fred and His Playboy Band • 10. “Woman, Woman,” Gary Puckett and The Union Gap

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