• 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympic Games
• The U.S. tobacco industry has gross sales of $8 billion. Americans smoke 544 billion cigarettes.
• No InterNet yet.
• Celtics beat Lakers in NBA finals (Havlicek and Russell vs. Baylor and Chamberlain)
• Green Bay defeats Oakland 33-14 in Super Bowl.
• In November 1967 the Shah wrote President Johnson concerning a new projected 5-year plan for reorganization of Iran's armed forces, and in May 1968 the President approved a 6-year, $600 million military credit sales package for Iran.
• North Korea seizes US Navy ship Pueblo; holds 83 on board as spies (Jan. 23).
• North Vietnamese launch the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War (Jan.-Feb.).
• Martin L. King killed in Memphis.
• Robert Kennedy killed in Los Angeles.
• Helen Keller, Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck die.
• The largest reservoir of American petroleum north of Mexico is discovered in Alaska.
• Academy Awards best picture Bonnie and Clyde.
• Median US household income $7,743.
• World Population: 3.556 billion

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