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1968

August 18, 2020

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It's 1968 this time, a turbulent year when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated. Police clashed with anti-war protesters in Chicago outside the Democratic National Convention. The Rolling Stones released the timely Beggar's Banquet album. There were other big records from the Band and Jimi Hendrix. Aretha Franklin was becoming a superstar, and the Beatles had the year's biggest hit.

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