▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1968
Middle School
1961–1963Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1964–1968The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1966–1968Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1968–1972Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1973–1977First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
1998
Generation
Baby Boomer
You'd be about
76
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
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
How well do you remember Class of 1968?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1968
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📸 Your Class of 1968 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1968 gear
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