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1968
THOSE WERE THE DAYS |
| By: |
Brian Williams |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0750984309 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780750984300 |
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| Publisher: |
THE HISTORY PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
2 October, 2017 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
A compendium of milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture, politics and news at home and abroad from 1968, including: Assassination of Martin Luther King; Bobby Kennedy shot and killed; The Beatles found Apple Records; Manchester United win the European Cup |
| Synopsis: |
A compendium of milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture, politics and news at home and abroad from 1968, including: Assassination of Martin Luther King; introduction of the Ford Escort; Apollo 8 and the first orbit of the moon; Viet Cong Offensive; Bobby Kennedy shot and killed; first Episode of Gardener's World and Dad's Army; Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech; The Beatles found Apple Records; Manchester United win the European Cup; the first 747 Jumbo Jet; Mexico massacre at the Olympics; the last steam train service runs on British Rail; Soviets invade Czechoslovakia; equal pay disputes at Ford's Dagenham factory; Jim Clark, Formula 1 Racer, is killed; Nixon is elected US President; Mary Hopkin sang 'Those Were the Days'... and more |
| Illustrations: |
30 Illustrations, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
The History Press Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |