Judy Butler, University of West Georgia Pamela Roach, North Cobb High School

Sports Tommy Smith & John Carlos Summer Olympics Oct 16 Elvin Hayes & Lew Alcindor 1 st TV NCAA, Jan 20 Arthur Ashe US Open, Sept 9 Peggy Fleming Winter Olympics Feb 10 1 st Special Olympics Jul 20

Technology 747, Sept 30 ATM, Jun 16 Mouse & Word Processor, Dec 9 Apollo 7, Oct 11 Apollo 8 Orbits Moon, Dec 24

Pop Culture Smothers Brothers 3 rd season premiere, Sept 9 Hair, Apr 29 Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Feb 19 PG, Nov 1 60 Minutes, Sept 24 Cattle Auction, Sept 7 Music….

–Cash, Folsom Prison –Franklin, RESPECT –Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson –Country Joe & the Fish, I feel like I’m fixin’ to Die –CCR, Run through the jungle & Fortunate Son –See Modern Maturity website for list of Best of

African American Achievement Shirley Chisholm, Nov 5 Arthur Ashe Julian Bond, Aug 28 Dick Gregory

Assasination Martin Luther King Jr. April 4 Robert F Kennedy June 5

Politics Jeannette Rankin Brigade, Jan 15 LBJ, no reelection Mar 31 Civil Rights Act, Apr 11 Earl Warren announces retirement Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jul 1 DNC – Chicago, Aug 28 riots “Czechago” Nixon elected Nov 5

Student Riots Columbia, Apr 23 University of Michigan University of Wisconsin National Turn in Your Draft Card Day Nov 14

Vietnam War Tet Offensive, Jan 31 Most Died in 1968 My Lai Massacre, March 16

International Prague Spring ends Aug 20 Brezhnev Doctrine, Nov 13 Saddam Hussein, Ba’ath Party coup d’etat Jul 17

Well Was it the best of times or the worst of times?

Modern Maturity, May/June 2008 issue

Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the ’60s and Today

Britannica Book of the Year 1969: The Events of 1968