Historical Events in 1968
27 curated events dated to this year, and 16 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1968
Events dated to this year
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27 events-
Civil Rights March in Derry Ignites The Troubles
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Apollo 8 Lunar Orbit
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Global Fish Catch Peaks Pre-Collapse
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Black Power Salute at Mexico City Olympics
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Closed-Circuit Television Deployed for Crime Detection in London
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Douglas Engelbart Demonstrates the Computer Mouse
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Larry Neal Publishes the Black Arts Movement Manifesto
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Miss America Protest: Feminists Throw Bras into the Freedom Trash Can
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My Lai Massacre
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Opens for Signature
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The First Computer Monitor with a Graphical User Interface is Demonstrated
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Zodiac Killer Attacks
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Cries of the Children - Mary Bell Case
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Farmington Mine Disaster
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First Salmon Farming in Norway
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Globalization and Container Shipping Standardization
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Green Revolution Agricultural Transformation
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Introduction of Oral Rehydration Therapy
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Prague Spring Crushed by Warsaw Pact Invasion
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Rise of Liberation Theology in Latin America
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May 1968 Protests in France
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Naghlu Dam Begins Generating Power in Afghanistan
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Police Tactical Units Developed for Crowd Control
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Publication of Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Juan
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Sunglasses as Political Statement
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The 'Sulfur' Miners of Kawah Ijen (East Java)
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Necktie Widths Narrow in Psychedelic Era
Poets alive in 1968
16 poets
Poets in 1968
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