Question

Why was 1968 a year of tension and turmoil? List 10 events. 1 being the best and 10 the worst. Thank You in advance!

American History

Answer 1

The year 1968 was a year of tension and turmoil because of the following ways:

`rArr` North Korea captures the USS Pueblo,

`rArr`J North Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive against the United States and South Vietnam,

`rArr` Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee,

`rArr` Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles,

`rArr` U.S. athletes take a stand at the Summer Olympics

`rArr` "Star Trek" airs American television's first interracial kiss,

`rArr` Apollo 8 is the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon

`rArr`The Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.

`rArr` The semiconductor company Intel was founded.

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