UWF Events

• The library named for John C. Pace
• Volume 1, Number 1 of the Voyager published
• 58 students receive degrees at first commencement held in June
• Goldie the goat becomes mascot of art students

World Events

• Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
• Lyndon Johnson withdraws as presidential candidate
• American troop strength in Vietnam reaches 538,000
• Students strike at Columbia University
• Riots by war protestors disrupt Democratic convention in Chicago
• 1968 Civil Rights Act signed
• Richard Nixon defeats Hubert Humphrey for presidency
• RAM microchip reaches market
• Upton Sinclair and John Steinbeck die
• Film rating code established
• U.S. has 78 million TV sets
• Figure skater Peggy Fleming wins lone U.S. gold medal in Winter Olympics