1968: Week Eight

Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult

February 20: British film director Anthony Asquith dies in London at age 65.

February 23: Otis Redding releases “The Dock of the Bay.”

February 23: Author Edna Ferber (“Giant”) dies at age 80.

February 23: Fannie Hurst dies in New York at age 78.

February 24: U.S. forces beat back the Viet Cong, ending the Tet Offensive.

Sources:

The Whole World Was Watching: An oral history of 1968. A joint project between South Kingstown High School and Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group
Timelines of History
Timeline 1968
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