The World as It Was in 1968 and 1969

To give you a better sense of what the world was like in 1968 and 1969, here are some resources.

Time Magazine has digitized all of its archives going back to 1923. Here are two starting points:

• June 7, 1968 issue; cover story: "The Graduate 1968"
• June 20, 1969 issue; cover story: "Starting to Come Home" [from Vietnam]

Information Please almanac:

• 1968: Tet Offensive and My Lai incident in Vietnam; Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy assassinated
• 1969: Withdrawal begins in Vietnam War; Woodstock and Altamont music festivals; first walk on the moon

Wikipedia's detailed list of events:

• 1968
• 1969

Whew! Kind of hard to read this stuff.