The 1968 Exhibit: August

August

Republicans nominate Richard Nixon at their Miami convention. When Democrats meet in Chicago, violent confrontations break out between police and protesters, and floor fights at the conventions expose rifts in the Party. Vice President Hubert Humphrey emerges the nominee.

june
august
Monday
5
August
Reagan announces his bid for Republican nomination
Wednesday
7
August
James Brown records "Say it Loud"
Thursday
8
August
Nixon accepts nomination at Republican convention
Monday
12
August
Cheap Thrills is released
Monday
19
August
Tom Wolfe releases two books on the same day
Tuesday
20
August
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Saturday
24
August
France explodes hydrogen bomb
Monday
26
August
Democratic National Convention begins in Chicago
Wednesday
28
August
Tammy Wynette records "Stand by Your Man"
Thursday
29
August
Humphrey receives Democratic nomination for president
september