1968: Week Nine

Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult February 27: TV anchorman Walter Cronkite returns from Vietnam and tells viewers “the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.” February 28: The U.S. Army asks for 206,000 soldiers and mobilization of reserve units for Vietnam. February 28: Frankie Lymon dies in […]

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 […]

1968: Week Seven

Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult February 12: Eldridge Cleaver, a militant activist and Black Panther party member, publishes “Soul on Ice.” February 12: Josh Brolin is born in Los Angeles. February 16: Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and their wives, as well as Mia Farrow, Donovan and Beach Boy […]

1968: Week Six

Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult February 6: The Winter Olympics open in Grenoble, France. February 6: George Wallace announces he will run for president. February 7: Nick Adams dies in Beverly Hills of a drug overdose at age 36. February 8: Communist forces kill 21 Marines at Khe Sanh. February […]