Fifty years ago Friday, on Dec. 21, 1968, Apollo 8 lifted off, marking the first time humans left low Earth orbit and flew to the moon. This was the second manned spaceflight of the Apollo program, ...

The art of the singer-songwriter will never die, and these three songs from 1968 will continue to inspire artists for decades to come.

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday that Chicago will be the host for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. The 2024 convention will mark 28 years since Chicago ...

In so many ways, 1968 was a great year for middle-class Americans' wallets — and terrible for politics. On the one hand, gasoline was cheap and unemployment was low. Real estate values were rising, ...

Almost fifty years ago, on March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson stunned everyone by announcing that he would not run for a second term as President. Johnson had gone on television at nine o’clock that ...

The most traumatic year in modern American history was 1968. But what is now the second-most traumatic year, 2020, still has seven months to run. The comparison provides little comfort, and several ...

Two political issues that recurred during Robert Kennedy's life — the fight against Communism, and the struggle for racial equality — exploded in 1968. A growing number of Americans despaired over ...

The whole world is watching. They want to see what unfolds this week in Chicago as Democrats convene their quadrennial political convention and anoint Vice President Harris as their 2024 ...

In the newly released comedy “Godard Mon Amour,” Michel Hazanavicius’ playful flashback to France in the fateful year of 1968, a young Jean-Luc Godard (played by Louis Garrel) marches with an enormous ...

The 1968 presidential campaign was so traumatic that a mere timeline can’t come close to recapturing the feel of it. The drama unfolded in several acts of staggering succession: The Tet Offensive, a ...

Cleveland Sellers, center, stands with officers after his arrest in Orangeburg, S.C., where three were killed and 28 others wounded on Feb. 8, 1968. AP Photo Recalling the event decades later, Robert ...