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- 1968: A Year of Turmoil and Change - National Archives
1968 was a turning point in U S history, a year of triumphs and tragedies, social and political upheavals, that forever changed our country In the air, America reached new heights with NASA’s Apollo 8 orbiting the moon and Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet’s first flight However, all was not well on the ground: the country lost a Navy intelligence ship (USS Pueblo) and two proponents of peace
- Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
On This Page The National Archives’ Role in Fulfilling Executive Order 14176 How is the National Archives Making These Records Available? 2025 Release Release Notes Other Records Related to RFK Contact Us President Donald J Trump signed Executive Order 14176, Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F Kennedy, Senator Robert F
- Shirley Chisholm (November 30, 1924 - National Archives
Shirley Anita St Hill Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, New York to immigrant parents who came to the United States from Barbados Chisholm graduated from Brooklyn College and the Teachers College at Columbia University In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress and represented New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983 Early
- 1968 Electoral College Results | National Archives
President Richard M Nixon [R] Main Opponent Hubert H Humphrey [D] Electoral Vote Winner: 301 Main Opponent: 191 Total Majority: 538 270 Votes for Others George C Wallace (46) Vice President Spiro T Agnew (301) V P Opponents Edmund Muskie (191), Curtis E LeMay (46) Notes American Independent Party candidate Wallace received 9,906,473 popular votes for President Electoral College Votes by
- AS-8 - Dec 1968 - Earth Views, Lunar Surface, Interior Spacecraft . . .
AS-8 - Dec 1968 - Earth Views, Lunar Surface, Interior Spacecraft Activity This film from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is onboard footage of the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spaceflight to leave the Earth’s gravitational sphere and orbit the moon The unedited color footage includes the first human-filmed images of the surface of the moon, as well as the
- Veterans Medical and Health Records | National Archives
Filing a Claim for Medical Benefits? The Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), held at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), are administrative records containing information about the subject's military service history Many OMPFs contain both personnel and former active duty health records, but the service branches discontinued retiring the health record portion to NPRC in the
- Findings on MLK Assassination | National Archives
Findings on MLK Assassination A James Earl Ray Fired One Shot at Dr Martin Luther King Jr , the Shot Killed Dr King Biography of James Earl Ray The committee's investigation Dr King was killed by one shot fired from in front of him The shot that killed Dr King was fired from the bathroom window at the rear of a roominghouse at 422 1 2 South Main Street, Memphis, Tenn James Earl Ray
- Findings on MLK Assassination | National Archives
Findings in the Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Introduction: The civil rights movement and Dr King A history of civil rights violence Equality in education-- the 20th century objective A leader emerges A philosophy of nonviolence 1960: The year of the sit-ins 1963: The year of triumph and despair The road to Memphis The last moments: Memphis, Tenn , April 4, 1968 Introduction
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