Bildergalerie zu "1968 - Das Jahr, das Amerika veränderte"
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Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon shows the victory sign with both hands after being nominated by his party at the Republican National Convention in Miami, Fla., Aug. 9, 1968. (AP Photo)
** FILE ** Extending gloved hands skyward in racial protest, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City on Oct. 16, 1968. Australian silver medalist Peter Norman is at left. Peter Norman, the Australian who stood alongside the U.S. athletes staging the civil rights protest from the medal podium at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday October 3, 2006, of a heart attack. He was 64. (AP Photo/FILE)
American politician US Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925 - 1968) campaigns for the Presidency, Los Angeles, California, 1968. (Photo by Lawrence Schiller/Polaris Communications/Getty Images)
Sen. Eugene McCarthy, D-Minn., is shown in this March 12, 1968 photo as he talks to campaign workers and the press at his Bedford, N.H. campaign headquarters. (AP Photo)
Left to right: Frank Borman, commander of 3-man Apollo 8 crew, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell, Jr., Dec. 21, 1968. They will attempt an orbital flight around the moon during the Christmas holidays. (AP Photo)
A U.S. Marine patrol unit makes its way up Highway 9 toward the besieged Marine garrison at Khe Sanh in 1968. The Marine combat camp at Khe Sanh was under siege for 77 days from January to April in 1968 by North Vietnam forces. In a garrison of 5,500 Marines, 200 were killed, 1,600 were wounded in the assault. (AP Photo)
Mark Rudd, a leader of the student protest at Columbia University in New York City,is interviewed outside Low Memorial Library, background, April 25, 1968, which has been occupied since April 24 by students. Rudd said the purpose of the protest was to "hit at" what he claimed was the university's policy of "racism and support for imperialism." Standing on ledge, center, with hands in pockets, is Juan Gonzalez, another of the student leaders. (AP Photo)
Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago cups his hand to his mouth and shouts at Sen. Abraham Ribicoff of Conneticut during the latter's speech nominating George S. McGovern for president at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 28, 1968. (AP Photo)