Vietcong forces launched a surprise attack on American forces today during the ceasefire observance of the Vietnamese holiday of Tet. Though the VC reported far greater losses for the late-January fighting, more than five hundred American troops were killed as a result of the battle...

...In wake of the tragic murder of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. only two months ago, democratic senator and presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy is gunned down in Los Angeles by...

...Pentagon calls for a record draft of forty-eight thousand new soldiers to keep the war effort alive...

...Democratic National Convention erupts into riot as thousands of protesters...

...American popular support of the war falls to historic lows, as the US death toll climbs to more than sixteen thousand for 1968 alone...

...Richard Nixon wins narrow victory on promise to put an end to the draft. We'll be going more in-depth on the election results later in the hour, but for right now, here's Deep Purple, with Hush.