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I.e.: Seven of Nine on Voyager. Damn, I'm pretty heterosexual, but even I could not pass by the sight of her high-standing breasts in the series.

In 1968 (the year you were born)

Lyndon B. Johnson is president of the US

North Koreans seize USS Pueblo and 83 man crew in the Sea of Japan

Communist troops attack Saigon and 30 province capitals in the "Tet Offensive"

Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, TN

Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot in California after celebrating presidential primary victories

American troops destroy a town in South Vietnam in the "My Lai Massacre"

Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal

The United States Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency

Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university

LL Cool J, Lisa Marie Presley, Jeri Ryan, Lucy Lawless, Celine Dion, Traci Lords, Tony Hawk, Kylie Minogue, and Sammy Sosa are born

Detroit Tigers win the World Series

Green Bay Packers win Superbowl II

Montreal Canadians win the Stanley Cup

2001: A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes are the top grossing movies

The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway

The Beatles' White Album and Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends are released

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, debuts on NBC

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

I have to say that while originally I gloried in the fact that I was born in "the summer of love" (remember that?), once I learned about that year, I got seriously bummed.

A friend of mine in college was born on April 4, 1968 and I must say that this is the reason why (a) I always remember his birthday and (b) I always remember the date and year that MLK was shot. April 4 is also my niece's b-day.

And, HEY! Go Green Bay! And Peggy Fleming!

And: I didn't know the gold reserve was no longer the national standard! WTF is it??? OMG I've been laboring under a complete LIE for, well, my entire life! Isn't this the whole point of Goldfinger? I'm so confused.

As for RFK's assassination, my father says he was probably one of the few people on the east coast to know this happened when it happened, b/c he was watching the news at that time.

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