It's hard to imagine Chicago's Grant Park as a bloody battlefield, but 50 years ago, in a time of assassinations and war, 10,000 demonstrators descended on the Democratic National Convention -- and violence erupted in the streets. https://cbsn.ws/2Pe6oSe | CBS Evening News

1.7K views · 12 reactions | #OnThisDay 1968: BBC Archive doesn't normally give investment advice, but we've heard that clocks are the new gold. | BBC Archive | Facebook

#OnThisDay 1968: "Don't give me that bloody new money 'cos I don't want it!" The first two decimal coins, the ten pence piece and the five pence piece, came into circulation. | BBC Archive