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1968  Political: Economical: Person: Culture:  Entertainment:
 * There was the election of 1968, which was a presidential election between Richard Nixon, HUbert Humphrey, George Wallace.
 * When Richard Nixon became president, the industrial production had still been increasing, as it had been for the eight years before that. The industrial production had went up more then 50%, and the gross national product had went up more the 70%, and profits after taxes had increased almost 100%. The income for families had gone up 54%, and unemployment had dropped to a 15-year low of 3.3%. More then 75% of americans were working. Putting aside the assassinations, breaks in the stock markets, money issues, and race riots, the production and employment still rose.
 * Martin Luther King Jr. He was born in Atlanta,Georgia,and grew up a religious person. His grandfather was a pastor of a baptist church, and his father assisted his grandfather. He was president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,the organization that formed the civil rights movement, and at 35 he was the first to receive a nobel peace prize. When they gave him the money, $54,123, he told them that he would turn that money into a donation for the civil rights movement. Hewas assassinated by James Earl Ray, who was an escaped convict. He was killed by one shot to his face. He was about to lead a peaceful march of sanitation workers, he was standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Mot[[image:images-2.jpeg align="right"]]el in Memphis, Tennessee. He had died at St. Joseph Hospital. They found the weapon in a white bag a short time after the murder,along with a pair of binoculars
 * Hair was and love-rock musical that was created in 1968, its main singers/actors were people such as Gerome Ragni, and Galt macDermot. It showed the hippie culture, and sexual revolution that America was going through during this year. It had alot of profanity, such as showing use of drugs, and sexual acts. This one musical caused alot of controversy. It was the first ever rock musical. It was a story of a group of "hippies of the age of aquarius", living a bohemian life style in New York. They showed alot of sexual revolution, and they were rebelling against the war.
 * [[image:images.jpeg width="114" height="139" align="right"]] 60 minutes is an investigation show, where they take 60 minutes to talk about anything and everything, it can go from a rape or murder, to conflicts with the government. It was first broadcasted in 1968 on CBS. It became very popular because of its unique style of reporting and investigation. It stars alot of people, some of the most important or main people are reporters Jim Stewart, Mike Wallace, Charlie Rose, etc.