Do You Remember The Year ?

[megimoo]

1968 do you remember it ?America was at war in Vietnam and with Itself !

" ..........................Nineteen Sixty Eight,The Year Of The Raging Hippie !

US Casualtys in Vietnam
14,594 killed in action
87,388 wounded
176 mia .
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US Population
1968 201 million
2008 304 million

World Population:
1968 3.6 Billion
2008 6.7 billion
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US Median Income
1968 $ 7,743 dollars
2008 $48,200 dollars
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Gasoline
1968 34 cents/gallon
2008 $4.09 dollars/gallon
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First class Postage Stamps
1968 6 cents
2008 42 cents
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Dow Jones avg.
1968 944
2008 11,328 7/2
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Federal Budget
1968 $ 178 Billion
2008 $ 2.8 Trillion
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[Shannon]

That was a little before my time.:p I suspect that those who were of a certain age in 1968 don't remember much of it anyway.

[megimoo]

That was a little before my time.:p I suspect that those who were of a certain age in 1968 don't remember much of it anyway.

The Medium Income and the price of gas are astonishing !You must be a very young lady,its funny how your avatar seems to establish your public age and image !

[Servonaut]

I remember 1968. We got our first color TV that year.

I was 5 years old.

I do remember watching these shows.

[ReaganForRus]

I remember 1968. We got our first color TV that year.

I was 5 years old.

I do remember watching these shows.

I was 12 and remember everything from the MLK and RFK assassinations, the fiasco that was the Democratic convention, and the summer with Nancy Norris:D

[Jumpy]

I was 6-7 yrs old then. I do remember postage stamps being 8 cents, but not 6. I do not remember gas prices or any of the other things on the list.

[Shannon]

I was just telling DS about Land of the Giants the other day. I loved that show! I was watching the reruns in 82 or so. I can't believe he had never seen it. He's older than me.

[ConJinx]

AH yes 1968 I was -2, unborn is another way to look at it, but I'm in luck isn't there a lib group recreate 68 that's going to entertain us at the Dem Conv. in Denver.?

[Zeus]

In 1966 my dad purchased a brand new car. I remember him questioning himself, after him & mom brought the car home, whether $2700 was maybe a little to much to spend on a car.

[Full-Auto]

In 1968 the average cost of a house was $27,000.