I was thinking about the baby boomer year of 1968 and all that was going on in that hectic time period.     Here are a few 1968 facts.  Be a Groovy Boomer and help us build a baby boomer generation list  of  facts and news from  what you recall or know about that year.  In 1968:

Pueblo and crew seized by North Koreans

Martin Luther King assassination Memphis

Sirhan Sirhan assassinates Robert Kennedy

James Earl Ray arrested for murder of Marten Luther King

Richard Nixon elected president

Jackie Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis

Prague invaded by soviet tanks

Tet offensive launched by Viet Cong

Civil Rights Act is passed

Jane Mansfield dies in car crash

Fashion for men is wide ties

Fashion for women is rings on all fingers

Most popular TV shows - Laugh-in, Gomer Pyle, Bonanza

Wimbledon Title won by Billie Jean King

Summer Olympics were held in Mexico City

Popular movies – Oliver, 2001, Planet of the Apes

Average price of a car , $2,450.00

Gallon of Milk, $1.21

Loaf of bread, $0.21

Postage stamp, $0.06

Average price of a home, $26,600