Can someone tell me why 1968 could be considered a tumultuous year?

I can think of the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Is there anything else?

Thank you very much.

Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Here are some sites for you:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968

2. http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/1968/reference/timeline.html

3. http://www.factmonster.com/year/1968.html

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5. http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Years/1968/world-events

Now it should be easy to put them all together!

Thank you very much.