In light of worldwide protests following the murder of George Floyd, it's valuable to put these radical times in context with the demonstrations in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

What happened in 29th August 1968?

August 29, 1968 (Thursday)

Crown Prince Harald (who later became King Harald V) of Norway married Sonja Haraldsen, a commoner whom he had dated for nine years.

What happened in 1968 with televisions?

In 1968 violent events at home and aboard were broadcast in color on the television news, creating impacts that may have swayed the presidential election. ... The networks had just switched to near total color programming. An estimated 20 million viewers got their news each night from the Huntley-Brinkley Report on NBC.