Friday, March 20, 2026

Real and Imagined Headlines in Historical Fiction Thriller: June 4, 1968 - The Last Fall (a time travel short story)

Does Woody Endicott change the past for the good? I removed a "spoiler alert" from a January 1969 headline below:

June 4, 1968 – Saigon shelled in heavy attack; vessels struck

June 5 Kennedy assassination attempt thwarted by kitchen worker

July 4 – Hero Celia Newing recounts harrowing events

July 17 – Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie premieres in London

August 8 – Nixon accepts nomination at Republican National Convention in Miami Beach

August 29 – Kennedy accepts nomination at Democratic National Convention in Chicago

September 24 – 60 Minutes premieres

September 26 – Pravda publishes Brezhnev Doctrine, justifying Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

October 10-11 Castro delivers speeches on the 100th anniversary of Cuba's proclamation of independence from Spain

October 18 – U.S. Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos suspended

November 5 – RFK elected 37th president; Nixon concedes to another Kennedy

November 20 – Tammy Wynette, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash win big at second CMA Awards

December 24 – Apollo 8 orbits moon as astronaut Anders snaps Earthrise photo

December 25 – Kennedy signals plan for phased troop withdrawal from Vietnam

January 12, 1969 – Underdog Jets defeat Colts in Super Bowl III

January 20 – RFK sworn into office; ten minutes later, -----------------------------------------------------------

 

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