2016 has not been a good year for the United States. A lot of people are comparing this year with the tumultuous year of 1968. I was listening to FiveThirtyEight's podcast and they argued that 1968 was far worse. To wit, in 1968,:
- 16,592 American soldiers were killed in Vietnam
- January: North Korea captured USS Pueblo, Tet Offensive
- March: My Lai Massacre, LBJ not seeking re-election
- April: MLK killed, 46 killed in riots across the country
- June: RFK killed
- August: Nixon nominated, Czechoslovakia invaded, Democratic Convention in Chicago
- October: Black Power salute at Mexico Olympics
- November: Nixon became president
See?
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