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1967 WHO launches the Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme 0 cit. The World Health Assembly commits new funding and a global campaign to wipe out smallpox, a disease then still killing around two million people a year. The strategy combines mass vaccination with surveillance and containment of every outbreak. The effort becomes the largest coordinated public health campaign of its era. diplomacy / science / society ●●●

October 1967 Arusha ceasefire ends the Shifta War 3 cit. Kenya and Somalia signed a ceasefire at Arusha that wound down the insurgency by 1968. The fighting stopped, but the north stayed under heavy security control and emergency-style rules for years afterward. The war left deep distrust between the region's Somalis and the Kenyan state. diplomacy / war ●●●

1967 Odinga publishes 'Not Yet Uhuru' 5 cit. Oginga Odinga published his autobiography, Not Yet Uhuru, meaning 'not yet freedom'. The book argued that independence had left ordinary Kenyans without the land and opportunity they had been promised, while a new elite prospered. Its title became shorthand for the sense that the revolution had stalled. politics / society ●●

1967 Ogot collects the traditions of the Luo 5 cit. Bethwell Allan Ogot's History of the Southern Luo gathered migration stories, genealogies, and clan traditions into a documented account of settlement from about 1500. It was among the first major histories of a Kenyan people written by an African scholar using their own oral record. Ogot helped build a school of Kenyan history that took spoken memory seriously as a source. culture / society ●●●

1967 Bethwell Ogot writes Africa's own history 0 cit. Bethwell Allan Ogot was a founder of professional history in Kenya and argued that African oral tradition was a serious source, not folklore. His 1967 study of the migration and settlement of the southern Luo showed how the deep past could be recovered without written records. He built history departments and research institutes and trained a generation of scholars. He died in 2025 at the age of ninety-five. culture / society ●●

1967 Horticulture becomes the postcolonial export edge 1 cit. The Horticultural Crops Development Authority was created in 1967 to promote horticultural produce, cash-crop diversification, nutrition, employment and foreign exchange. This later fed the flower, vegetable and fresh-produce export economy. It also kept the land question alive because intensive horticulture concentrates water, labour, cold-chain logistics and titled land. economy / politics ●●●

February 1967 The Arusha Declaration commits Tanzania to socialism and self-reliance 1 cit. TANU issued the Arusha Declaration in February 1967, making socialism and self-reliance the ideological centre of Tanzania under Julius Nyerere. Unlike Kenya, Tanzania openly attacked capitalist accumulation by leaders, called for public control of major means of production and built Ujamaa as a national development doctrine. economy / politics / society ●●●●

1 July 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons wikidata 2 cit. international treaty limiting the spread of nuclear weapons (1968) ●●●

13 July 1968 to 1970 Hong Kong flu wikidata 0 cit. no story 1968-1970 flu pandemic ●●●

12 October 1968 Independence of Equatorial Guinea 0 cit. no story Spanish Guinea becomes the independent Republic of Equatorial Guinea. politics ●●

6 September 1968 Independence of Eswatini 0 cit. no story Swaziland, renamed Eswatini in 2018, becomes independent from Britain under King Sobhuza II. politics ●●

12 March 1968 Independence of Mauritius 0 cit. no story Mauritius becomes independent from Britain; it became a republic in 1992. politics ●●

31 January 1968 Independence of Nauru 0 cit. no story Nauru becomes independent from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship, one of the world's smallest republics. politics ●●

c. 1968 Singapore as Asia's offshore finance hub 0 cit. Singapore launches the Asian Dollar Market in 1968, when Bank of America opens the first offshore Asian Currency Unit there. Steady regulation and low taxes build it into one of the world's top financial centers for banking, foreign exchange and wealth management. economy ●●●●

18 July 1968 Founding of Intel 0 cit. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore leave Fairchild to found Intel. It launches the first commercial microprocessor in 1971 and its chips power the personal computer revolution. economy / technology ●●●●

19 August 1968 Sweden abandons its nuclear weapons program 0 cit. After two decades of weapons research, Sweden signs the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear state. Public opposition and American pressure end one of the most advanced near-programs of the Cold War. politics / society ●●

24 August 1968 Canopus, France's hydrogen bomb 0 cit. France detonates its first thermonuclear device over Fangataufa Atoll, a 2.6-megaton blast. France becomes the fifth country to master the hydrogen bomb. science / war ●●●

5 January 1968 to 1968 Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact invasion 0 cit. Alexander Dubcek's reform government attempts socialism with a human face, loosening censorship and party control. Warsaw Pact armies invade in August and end the experiment. politics ●●●●

16 January 1968 British Withdrawal East of Suez Announced 0 cit. The British government announced it would withdraw military forces from the Persian Gulf and Asia by the end of 1971. The decision forced the Gulf protectorates to prepare for independence. politics / war ●●●●

16 January 1968 Withdrawal from East of Suez 1 cit. Britain announced it would pull its military forces from bases east of the Suez Canal by 1971. The decision confirmed the end of Britain's role as a global military power. politics / war ●●●

20 August 1968 Prague Spring and the Soviet Invasion 0 cit. Reform communists in Czechoslovakia tried to build socialism with a human face, prompting a Warsaw Pact invasion led by the Soviet Union. The crackdown reinforced the Brezhnev Doctrine of limited sovereignty for bloc states. politics / war ●●●

April 1968 Club of Rome founded 0 cit. Scientists, economists, and business figures formed the Club of Rome to study global problems such as resource use and population. It is best known for commissioning influential reports on the limits of growth. economy / environment ●●●

4 April 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 1 cit. The civil rights leader was shot dead on a motel balcony, setting off grief and unrest across the country. His murder cut short a movement that had reshaped American law and conscience. politics / society ●●●

11 April 1968 Fair Housing Act bans housing discrimination 0 cit. Passed days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder, the law banned discrimination in the sale and rental of housing. It aimed to break the segregation that redlining and racist covenants had built into American cities. politics / society ●●

1968 Philip Jackson names the hidden curriculum 0 cit. In his 1968 book Life in Classrooms, Philip Jackson popularized the idea of the hidden curriculum, the unspoken lessons in obedience and social order that schools teach. The concept shaped how scholars view schooling's social role. culture / society ●●

1968 to 1981 The McNamara era and the growth of development lending 0 cit. Under president Robert McNamara the World Bank sharply expanded its lending and shifted its stated focus toward poverty reduction. The rapid growth of loans also helped build the debt burdens that would strain many countries in the 1980s. economy / politics ●●●

February 1968 The Beatles, the Maharishi and Transcendental Meditation 0 cit. The Beatles studied with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India, giving Transcendental Meditation worldwide attention. The episode helped turn Eastern meditation into a mass Western interest and marked a high point of the 1960s spiritual counterculture. culture / religion ●●●

11 October 1968 Apollo 7, first crewed Apollo mission 0 cit. After the Apollo 1 fire, Apollo 7 carried a crew into Earth orbit to test the redesigned command module. Its success put the Moon program back on track. exploration / technology ●●●

21 December 1968 Apollo 8 orbits the Moon 0 cit. Apollo 8 carried the first humans to leave Earth's orbit and circle the Moon. The crew's live broadcasts and the Earthrise photograph became lasting images of the era. culture / exploration / technology ●●●●

1968 Paulo Freire publishes Pedagogy of the Oppressed 0 cit. Brazilian educator Paulo Freire argued that literacy could free the poor to question their conditions rather than simply absorb facts. His ideas shaped adult education and critical teaching worldwide. culture / politics ●●●●

13 December 1968 Garrett Hardin publishes The Tragedy of the Commons 0 cit. Ecologist Garrett Hardin argued in a 1968 essay that shared resources are inevitably overused and that population growth had to be limited, questioning voluntary restraint. His argument became a widely cited justification for coercive population policy. environment / science ●●●

1968 Paul Ehrlich publishes The Population Bomb 0 cit. Biologist Paul Ehrlich's 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb warned that overpopulation would cause mass famine and collapse within decades. Its dire predictions did not come to pass, but the book fueled decades of alarm and support for aggressive population control. environment / science ●●●●

1968 Jackson coins the hidden curriculum 2 cit. In Life in Classrooms, Philip W. Jackson names the hidden curriculum: the unwritten lessons of school life, the crowds, praise, and power that teach children to wait, conform, and accept authority alongside the official subjects. culture / politics / society ●●●●

1968 Brzezinski publishes Between Two Ages ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Wood dates Brzezinski's book Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era to 1968, written while he was a Columbia professor. Wood argues the book endeared Brzezinski to David Rockefeller. ●●

1968 James Koerner publishes Who Controls American Education? ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Gatto cites James Koerner's 1968 book Who Controls American Education?, a guide to the players and processes of the school system. He faults it for avoiding the question of schooling's ultimate purpose. ●●

1968 Tet Offensive stuns the United States ai_extracted 2 cit. no story On the lunar new year, 400,000 communist troops attacked cities and bases across South Vietnam. The surprise assault was a devastating psychological defeat. ●●

1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated on the campaign trail ai_extracted 2 cit. no story Senator Robert Kennedy was murdered during his presidential campaign. Helms was shocked but not saddened, given their bitter history. ●●

1968 Nixon wins the presidency and keeps Helms ai_extracted 1 cit. no story After winning the election, Nixon asked Johnson whether he should retain Richard Helms. Johnson praised Helms as loyal and competent. ●●

1968 44. Lyman Kirkpatrick, The Real CIA (New York: Macmillan, 1968), rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 44. Lyman Kirkpatrick, The Real CIA (New York: Macmillan, 1968), p. 149ff. ●●

1968 Panamanian military seizes power in bloodless coup ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1968, Panamanian military officers seized power in a bloodless coup (1968) ●●

1968 The 1968 military coup in which Torrijos seized power was rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The 1968 military coup in which Torrijos seized power was its triumph (1968) ●●

1968 A graduate of Malvern College, he worked at the Bank of England and... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR BANG IN late 1986, Morgan Grenfell presented a curious study in contrasts. Outwardly it maintained a sedate air. Upholding a tradition of nearly 150 years, the bank posted no nameplate outside—the old brass plaques hung in the... ●●

1968 Israel Corporation founded at Jerusalem summit ai_extracted 1 cit. no story At a 1968 economic summit in Jerusalem, Siegmund emerged as the guiding spirit behind the Israel Corporation, which was to funnel foreign capital... ●●

1968 “Parsnip and Pickles” (1968) —–. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story “Parsnip and Pickles” (1968) —–. “Repercussions” (1968) —–. ●●

1968 Eric and his family moved into Noah’s Ark (1968) rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story (Wolfgang’s brother, John, a courageous psychiatrist, had been shot by Nazi thugs in 1943.) Kathi Schwärz, the farmer’s daughter who had protected the... ●●

August 1968 The Prague Spring is crushed 0 cit. Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to end its experiment in 'socialism with a human face'. The crushing of the Prague Spring confirmed that reform within the Soviet bloc would not be tolerated. politics / war ●●●

1968 Soviet party resolution criticizes state research ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party passes a resolution in October criticizing Soviet research and development and initiating reforms to improve scientific productivity and accelerate technological innovation. ●●

1968 Student protests erupt in Poland ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Student protests and political unrest erupt in Poland in March, inspired partly by a theoretical critique of Polish communism written by Warsaw sociologists Kuron and Modzelewski. ●●

1968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The Soviet Union intervenes militarily in Czechoslovakia to suppress democratic reforms and liberalization. Brzezinski views this as a crucial turning point, believing that a democratic Czechoslovakia would have significantly affected the trajectory of European communism. ●●

1968 American student revolts and generational breakdown rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Major breakdown in communication between generations becomes evident during student revolts across America, rooted in the irrelevance of old symbols and values to younger people, marking a cultural and political shift. ●●

1968 while a sophomore at college, Robert rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story while a sophomore at college, Robert Berdella, Jr. ●●

1968 the year after DeSalvo was convicted. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story the year after DeSalvo was convicted. ●●

1968 I think you just cannot get to that level unless you are somewhat introverted rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story I think you just cannot get to that level unless you are somewhat introverted.” (Luis Alvarez, the 1968 physics Nobel laureate, disagrees, at least where Oppenheimer is concerned.1766 He believes Oppenheimer would have won a Nobel Prize for his astrophysical work if he had lived long enough to see his predictions concerning exotic stellar objects—neutron stars, black holes—confirmed, as they have been, by discovery.) Both Oppenheimer and Teller wrote poetry; Oppenheimer pursued literature as Teller pursued music; and for a time in 1942 and 1943 the Hungarian apparently admired the older and socially more sophisticated New Yorker and hoped to count him for an ally. ●●

1968 On March 11, 1968, Walter Lippmann applied his already well-established critique of containment to V rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story On March 11, 1968, Walter Lippmann applied his already well-established critique of containment to Vietnam. ●●

1968 Hanoi had decided to negotiate before the 1968 American presidential election, if only to commit bot rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Hanoi had decided to negotiate before the 1968 American presidential election, if only to commit both political parties to a negotiated outcome. ●●

1968 In each year, including 1968, a truce had been agreed on for that period rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In each year, including 1968, a truce had been agreed on for that period. ●●

1968 By the end of his presidency in 1968, Johnson could no longer appear in public except on military ba rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story By the end of his presidency in 1968, Johnson could no longer appear in public except on military bases or at other locations from which violent protesters could be physically barred. ●●

1968 Although he was an incumbent president, he did not even find it possible to appear at the 1968 natio rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Although he was an incumbent president, he did not even find it possible to appear at the 1968 national convention of his own party. ●●

1968 The “dove” platform rejected at the 1968 Democratic National Convention had called for a reduction o rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The “dove” platform rejected at the 1968 Democratic National Convention had called for a reduction of United States offensive operations, a mutual withdrawal of outside forces (including those of North Vietnam), and encouragement of a policy of recon ●●

1968 But neither the Administration nor the American people ever sought that objective; in the election c rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story But neither the Administration nor the American people ever sought that objective; in the election campaign of 1968, all of the presidential candidates had advocated compromise, not capitulation. ●●

1968 A policy statement I drafted for Nelson Rockefeller’s bid for the 1968 Republican presidential nomin rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story A policy statement I drafted for Nelson Rockefeller’s bid for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination had stated: “…I would begin a dialogue with communist China. ●●

1968 In a magazine interview in September 1968, he stated: “We must not forget China rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In a magazine interview in September 1968, he stated: “We must not forget China. ●●

1968 In 1968, only 400 Jews had been permitted to emigrate from the Soviet Union, and no democratic count candidate ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1968, only 400 Jews had been permitted to emigrate from the Soviet Union, and no democratic country had raised the issue. ●●

1968 Kliuchevsky, A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century, trans, by Natalie Duddington (Chi rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Kliuchevsky, A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century, trans, by Natalie Duddington (Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1968), p. ●●

1968 1968: Stewart Brand (center ) assisting at the Mother of All Demos... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 5–2013). Englebart’s first mouse. Stewart Brand (center ) assisting at the Mother of All Demos in 1968. ●●

1968 1968: In short, Engelbart showed, back in 1968, nearly everything ... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story l time. They even were able to create hypertext links together. In short, Engelbart showed, back in 1968, nearly everything that a networked personal computer does today. The demo gods were with him, ●●

1968 1968: The latter mission had seemed rather quirky when Engelbart b... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story irky when Engelbart began working on it, but when he showed off all of its elements in his December 1968 demo—a personal computer that humans could easily interact with in real time, a network that al ●●

1968 1968: He served two years in jail as a draft resister and then, in... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 1962 and resumed his rebellious ways. He served two years in jail as a draft resister and then, in 1968, moved to Palo Alto, driving down in a Volkswagen van with a baby daughter whose mother had drif ●●

1968 1968: ” 19 The Lakeside Programming Group’s first job came that f... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story still remember his phone number.” 19 The Lakeside Programming Group’s first job came that fall of 1968. Some engineers from the University of Washington had formed a little time-sharing company, house ●●

1968 1968: A vivid example was Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 movie, 2001: A Sp... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story s. The Frankenstein motif became a staple of science fiction. A vivid example was Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey , featuring the frighteningly intelligent computer HAL. With its c ●●

1968 1968: , 33 , 220 , 241 , 329 ARPA of, see ARPA de Forest, Lee, 1... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 0 , 241 , 329 ARPA of, see ARPA de Forest, Lee, 154 Delphi, 401 Democratic National Convention, 1968, 278 De Morgan, Augustus, 17 , 26 de Prony, Gaspard, 20 Descartes, René, 122 Difference Engine, 8 – ●●

1968 1968: Copyright © 1968 by Richard Brautigan. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story f Loving Grace” from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster by Richard Brautigan. Copyright © 1968 by Richard Brautigan. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. ●●

1968 1968: ific Data Systems, which both paid off handsomely. By the time Noyce c rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ific Data Systems, which both paid off handsomely. By the time Noyce called him about finding an exit strategy from Fairchild in 1968, Rock’s partners ●●

1968 1968: d you give up.” 14 And so he did, for the moment. When he graduated in rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story d you give up.” 14 And so he did, for the moment. When he graduated in 1968 (“last in his class,” he often bragged), Bushnell went to work for Ampex, ●●

1968 1968: ack but also around any attempt to impose control. ONE GIANT LEAP: THE rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ack but also around any attempt to impose control. ONE GIANT LEAP: THE ARPANET HAS LANDED, OCTOBER 1969 In the summer of 1968, when much of the world, ●●

1968 1968: mmunities. This opened up beautiful possibilities. “Life will be happi rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story mmunities. This opened up beautiful possibilities. “Life will be happier for the on-line individual because the people with whom one interacts most st ●●

1968 1968: g Engelbart (1925–2013). Englebart’s first mouse. Stewart Brand (cente rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story g Engelbart (1925–2013). Englebart’s first mouse. Stewart Brand (center ) assisting at the Mother of All Demos in 1968. ●●

1968 1968: even were able to create hypertext links together. In short, Engelbart rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story even were able to create hypertext links together. In short, Engelbart showed, back in 1968, nearly everything that a networked personal computer does ●●

1968 1968: l intelligence and that of augmented intelligence. The latter mission rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story l intelligence and that of augmented intelligence. The latter mission had seemed rather quirky when Engelbart began working on it, but when he showed ●●

1968 1968: Berkeley in 1962 and resumed his rebellious ways. He served two years rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Berkeley in 1962 and resumed his rebellious ways. He served two years in jail as a draft resister and then, in 1968, moved to Palo Alto, driving down ●●

1968 1968: phone forever. I still remember his phone number.” 19 The Lakeside Pro rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story phone forever. I still remember his phone number.” 19 The Lakeside Programming Group’s first job came that fall of 1968. Some engineers from the Unive ●●

1968 1968: kenstein motif became a staple of science fiction. A vivid example was rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story kenstein motif became a staple of science fiction. A vivid example was Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey , featuring the frightening ●●

1968 1968: mmunications Agency, 241 Defense Department, U.S., 33 , 220 , 241 , 32 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story mmunications Agency, 241 Defense Department, U.S., 33 , 220 , 241 , 329 ARPA of, see ARPA de Forest, Lee, 154 Delphi, 401 Democratic National Conventi ●●

1968 1968: the Springhill Mine Disaster by Richard Brautigan. Copyright © 1968 by rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story the Springhill Mine Disaster by Richard Brautigan. Copyright © 1968 by Richard Brautigan. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harc ●●

1968 Hans Bethe, “Energy Production in Stars,” Physics Today, Sep rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Hans Bethe, “Energy Production in Stars,” Physics Today, September 1968, p ●●

1968 Tet Offensive begins in Vietnam ai_extracted 1 cit. no story function of such “flak machines” as Freedom House is to ensure that the press stays within the bounds of this patriotic agenda. The Tet offensive of January 1968 began on January 21 with a siege by North Vietnamese (NVA) regulars of a U.S. military ●●

1968 r was being lost, according to General Westmoreland. A U.S. government military-historical summary o rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story r was being lost, according to General Westmoreland. A U.S. government military-historical summary of the offensive in the Mekong Delta, completed in April 1968, concluded that “The Tet offensive in IV Corps had a devastating effect on the Revolution ●●

1968 tive reaction to the President’s handling of the war and the war itself, and a distinct opposition t rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story tive reaction to the President’s handling of the war and the war itself, and a distinct opposition to more aggressive U.S. military action.” In early February 1968, when the impact of the alleged media “distortions” and “pessimism” reached its peak, ●●

1968 y be attributed to “the vicious invasion of the North Vietnamese”—which did, however, include such a candidate ai_extracted 1 cit. no story y be attributed to “the vicious invasion of the North Vietnamese”—which did, however, include such atrocities as killing twelve U.S. Air Force men in March 1968 at a U.S. radar base near the North Vietnamese border used to direct the bombing of North ●●

1968 ensive literature by Vietnam veterans. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ensive literature by Vietnam veterans. Braestrup claims that “one searches in vain through most of the media descriptions of the foe, even well into March 1968, for indications that the enemy’s planning, tactics, execution, zeal, and weaponry were l ●●

1968 botage missions in the North as well as fighting in the South. For McNamara’s estimate, see his stat rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story botage missions in the North as well as fighting in the South. For McNamara’s estimate, see his statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee, January 22, 1968; excerpts in Big Story, II, 14ff. 122. Bernard Weinraub, New York Times, February ●●

1968 Heavy US bombing of Laos's Plain of Jars ai_extracted 1 cit. no story LAOS Laos’s Plain of Jars was subjected to some of the heaviest bombings of civilian targets in history, especially after 1968, when Washington was compelled under domestic pressure to enter negotiat ●●

1968 It is possible that the volume of inconvenient facts can expand, as it... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story It is possible that the volume of inconvenient facts can expand, as it did during the Vietnam War, in response to the growth of a critical constituency (which included elite elements from 1968). ●●

1968 Fulbright had found that the air force public-relations effort in 1968... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Fulbright had found that the air force public-relations effort in 1968 involved 1,305 full-time employees, exclusive of additional thousands that “have public functions collateral to other duties.”66 ●●

1968 In his presidential address to the American Historical Association in ... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In his presidential address to the American Historical Association in December 1968, Fairbank characterized the U.S. ●●

1968 Event of 1968 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story We forget that one of the few certainties of that troubled time, en- dorsed in virtually identical planks in the Democratic and Republican plat- forms ●●

1968 The independence of the Italian judiciary had been reinforced by the recruitment of a generation of rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The independence of the Italian judiciary had been reinforced by the recruitment of a generation of idealistic lawyers in the wake of the global uprisings of 1968. ●●

1968 Nixon had been elected in 1968 on a “law and order” platform, warning about “the city jun- gle” a... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Nixon had been elected in 1968 on a “law and order” platform, warning about “the city jun- gle” and the prospect that “the brutal society that now flourishes in the core cities . ●●

1968 UN conference affirms family planning as a human right ai_extracted 1 cit. no story This consensus was codified at a 1968 UN conference, which proclaimed that “parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children.” Point... ●●

1968 “The battle to feed all of humanity is over,” Paul Ehrlich declared in his 1968 bestseller, The P... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story “The battle to feed all of humanity is over,” Paul Ehrlich declared in his 1968 bestseller, The Popula- tion Bomb. ●●