On 21 December 1968 the Apollo 8 crew took a picture, for the first time in history, of the entire Earth

Flying Tiger Line (was a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation propliner chartered by the United States military that disappeared on March 16, 1962, over the Western Pacific Ocean. The aircraft was transporting 93 U.S. soldiers and 3 South Vietnamese from Travis Air Force Base, California to Saigon, Vietnam. After refueling at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, the Super Constellation was en route to Clark Air Base in the Philippineswhen it disappeared. All 107 aboard were declared missing and presumed dead)

The Grateful Dead was formed in 1965 (originally The Warlocks) thus paving the way for the emergence of acid rock.

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EARLY Grateful Dead - "Can't Come Down" (1965)

One of JG's Earliest GD Songs -- Well someone trying to tell me where it's at And how I do this and why I do that With secret smiles like a Cheshire cat And ...

The Hustler (is a 1961 American CinemaScope drama film directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's 1959 novel of the same name, adapted for the screen by Rossen and Sidney Carroll. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson and his desire to break into the "major league" of professional hustling and high-stakes wagering by high-rollers that follows it. He throws his raw talent and ambition up against the best player in the country, seeking to best the legendary pool player "Minnesota Fats")

Calling it a night, past my bedtime...……………..

I begin the day as you end it!

One of my all-time favorite movies. I had a Mini car and dreamed of doing this!

The Italian Job (1969)

Lyndon B Johnson - sworn in as the 36th US President after the assassination of President Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (was an American writer. In a career spanning over 50 years, Vonnegut published fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of nonfiction, with further collections being published after his death. He is most famous for his darkly satirical, bestselling novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969).

Laurel Canyon (In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the place to be was the Hollywood Hills area of Laurel Canyon. Rock stars, folkies, and the core of what would become the California country-rock movement lived there or stopped by for shindigs at Mama Cass Elliot's pad. Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, the Eagles, the Monkees, Jim Morrison, Frank Zappa and Alice Cooper are just some of the stars who lived, loved and created music here.)

Joni Mitchell & Judy Collins...……….

A book about Laurel Canyon, also there was a docuseries on Epix about this place...………

I actually heard about this place on CNN, I think they plan on running a program about Lauren Canyon but with all that has been going on recently they may have delayed that plan.....

Mexico City, Mexico - host city of the 1968 Summer Olympics. Officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, these were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America and the first to be staged in a Spanish-speaking country. They were the first Games to use an all-weather (smooth) track for track and field events instead of the traditional cinder track. This was also the first example of the Olympics exclusively using electronic timekeeping equipment.

I always remember the Summer Olympics were held in Mexico City because a girl I went to school with (Susie Shields) participated at the age of 16. She won Bronze in the women's 100-meter butterfly swimming event.