▸ the year you arrived
1968
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You will be 58 this year — a child of the '60s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Top 10 of 1968
- 1
Hey Jude
The Beatles
- 2
Love Is Blue
Paul Mauriat
- 3
Honey
Bobby Goldsboro
- 4
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
- 5
People Got to Be Free
The Rascals
- 6
Sunshine of Your Love
Cream
- 7
This Guy's In Love With You
Herb Alpert
- 8
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
- 9
Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel
- 10
Tighten Up
Archie Bell & The Drells
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Your generation
Gen X
1968 belonged to
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
4 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
📰 Headlines
- Tet Offensive
- MLK assassinated
- RFK assassinated
- Apollo 8 orbits the Moon
- Nixon elected president
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Mother of All Demos (mouse, hypertext)
- Intel founded
- First 911 emergency call
- Dolby in recording studios
- Boeing 747 rolled out
🏆 Sports
- Tigers win the World Series
- Packers win Super Bowl II
- Celtics win the NBA Finals
- Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
- Mexico City Olympics
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Psychedelic rock
- Afros and naturals
- Peace symbols
- Waterbeds emerging
- Hot Wheels debut
👖 Clothes
- Fringe and suede
- Afro hairstyles
- Mini, midi, maxi skirts
- Tie-dye everywhere
- Wide ties
💵 What it cost
- Gas: 34¢/gal
- Stamp: 6¢
- Gallon of milk: ~52¢
- New car avg: ~$3,400
- Median home: ~$15,400
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