1968: Weeks 50-52

Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult December 9: The Rolling Stones release “Beggar’s Banquet.” December 10: Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk writer, dies in Bangkok, Thailand from accidental electrocution. He had just finished his seventh journal “The Other side of the Mountain.” December 10: Carol Reed’s “Oliver!” starring Ron Moody and […]

1968: Weeks 47-49

Weekly timeline for 1968: A year of change and tumult November 18: Famed producer Walter Wanger dies at age 74. November 20: The Monkees’ “Head,” directed by Jack Nicholson, opens. November 22: The Beatles’ “White Album” is released. November 23: Four people hijack a U.S. jet, with 87 passengers, from Miami to Cuba. November 24: […]