28 Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1968
Carly Tennes
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Though 1968 may have been the penultimate year of the swingin' '60s, a whole lot happened in those 365 days. Case in point? The protests, concerts, and passionate kisses — one televised! — that defined the year.
From The Beatles rocking out to a glimpse at a NASA mission launch, here are 28 photos of what the world looked like in '68.
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“Washington D.C the morning after the assassination of Martin Luther King, 5 April 1968.” -
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“A twin in a Russian street, Soviet Union, 1968.” -
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“Civil Rights marchers wearing placards reading, "I AM A MAN" pass by on March 29, 1968.” -
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“The wives of the astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission at the moment they heard their husbands voices from orbit, 1968.” -
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“Johnny Cash, before going on stage at Folsom Prison in 1968.” -
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“Pink Floyd, in January 1968, from the only known photo-shoot of all five members. Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, and Sid Barrett.” -
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“Antiwar demonstrators protest outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Shirtless protester Frank C. Plada later died while serving the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Photo by Perry Riddle.” -
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“In a televised address from the Oval Office, President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he will not [run for another term] 31 March 1968.” -
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“Richard Nixon campaign rally in Paoli, Pennsylvania, July 1968.” -
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“Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy is married to Greek magnate Aristotle Onassis, 1968.” -
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“Filming Hey Jude, Twickenham Studios, London. September 1968.” -
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“1968 The Circus is in Town. New York City 33rd Street. Image Bettman/Corbi.” -
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“George H. W. Bush displays his son George W. Bush's officer bar on his Texas Air National Guard uniform 1968.” -
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“London's first black police officer, PC Norwell Roberts, on point duty near Charing Cross Station, 1968.” -
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“A glimpse into My Dad and his crew’s life in 1968 Vietnam.” -
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“Jim Morrison, 1968.” -
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“Olivia Hussey 1968.” -
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“The 1968 Olympics Black Power salute in Mexico City.” -
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“My parents in 1968 and still going strong.” -
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“A relatively unknown singer did a gig at my high school in 1968.” -
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“Hippie dad walking with his daughter. Amsterdam,1968.” -
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“23 year-old Debbie Harry in 1968.” -
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“The kiss felt 'round the world in 1968.” -
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“Sharon Tate at Cannes Film Festival, 1968.” -
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“My parents at their wedding on 7 November 1968.” -
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“Janis Joplin and her Porsche, 1968.” -
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“Previously unseen photo of Queen Elizabeth II 1968.” -
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“My grandparents in 1968 right after they got married.”
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