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1 1968

2 1968Tet Offensive.

3 1968 Request for 206,000 more troops.

4 1968Robert Kennedy enters the presidential race.

5 Stop the bombing 1968Johnson announces halt of bombing over North Vietnam and also announces his intention not to run for another term.

6 1968Demonstrations at Democratic convention in Chicago.

7 1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated.

8 COINTELPRO 1968 FBI launches a campaign (Code named COINTELPRO) to counter the growing antiwar movement.

9 1968Martin Luther King assassinated, April 4.

10 1968Richard Nixon narrowly defeats Hubert Humphrey in the presidential election.

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12 Counterculture

13 Tunege 68 Singles 0) 1. “Hey Jude,” The Beatles 2. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Marvin Gaye 3. “Love is Blue,” Paul Mauriat 4. “Love Child,” Diana Ross and The Supremes 5. “Honey,” Bobby Goldsboro 6. “(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay,” Otis Redding 7. “People Got to Be Free,” The Rascals 8. “This Guy's In Love With You,” Herb Alpert 9. “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses),” John Fred and His Playboy Band 10. “Woman, Woman,” Gary Puckett and The Union Gap


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