Knoxville Central 1968: Flashback. Let's take a trip down memory lane...

When you look back on some years, everything seems forgettable. 1968 was not one of those! It was a great year in many respects. How things have changed!

Economy:

Average Cost of new house $14,950.0
Average Income per year $7,850.00
Average Monthly Rent $130.00
Gas per Gallon 34 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,822.00
Movie Ticket$1.50

World Events:

Anti Vietnam War protests throughout the western world
North Vietnam and Viet Cong troops launch the Tet offensive
Vietnam US soldiers masacre men, women and children in My lai
RMS Queen Elizabeth - retired from service
Earthquake in Sicily - 231 dead, 262 injured.
The Third Heart transplant is performed in South Africa By Dr Christian N Barnard
Assassination of Martin Luther King Leader of Negro Civil Rights Movement is killed by James Earl Ray
London Bridge sold for 1 million. and later re-erected in Arizona.
President Johnson announces on nationwide television he would not run for another term of office
Population in Europe reaches 455 million ( excluding USSR )
Televisions Installed increases 25 million US , 20.5 million Japan , 19 Million Great Britain
Alec Rose completes his single-handed 354-day round-the-world trip.
Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy marry
Hong Kong Flu pandemic begins in Hong Kong.
Black power salute is seen on Television worldwide after the gold and bronze medalists in
Olympics show salute during medal ceremony in Mexico City, Mexico
The Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia was to provide political liberalization but was crushed by Warsaw Pact countries
The Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia and arrests President Dubcek "Prague Spring"
The Aswan Dam in Egypt is completed
Equatorial Gunea Gains Independence From Spain
The Winter Olympic Games are held in Grenoble, France

Technology

Boeing 747 made its maiden flight.
NASA launches Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission.
Apollo 8 orbits the Moon, becoming the first manned space mission to achieve the feat.
Dr. Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart transplant.
US Explodes experimental hydrogen Bomb.
The Emergency 911 Telephone service is started in the USA which provides a single number for reporting emergencies and is manned 24 hrs per day 365 days per year
ATM First Philadelphia Bank installs the first automated teller machine in the U.S.

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