In June of 1968, an asteroid called Icarus was on schedule to pass by planet Earth. Astronomers calculated that the asteroid, a half-mile in diameter, would be roughly 3.9 million miles away. Icarus, ...

Smithsonian magazine recently published as its cover article “1968, the year that shattered America.” Got him thinking about his own 1968 and how it changed everything. He was 27 then, and close to ...

Currently on view at the Oakland Museum of California is The 1968 Exhibit, which focuses on the culture of that unforgettable year. Organized by the Minnesota History Center, the Atlanta History ...

“Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, ended at the exact moment when word of the murders on Cielo Drive traveled like brushfire through the ...

This documentary about the Hippie movement was originally shown in three segments on NBC television's "Huntley-Brinkley Report." It follows several teen-age boys from a glue-sniffing party in their ...

Some California evangelicals are breaching barriers to hippies and other urban “unreachables.” Most of the dropouts have church backgrounds, many of them evangelical. An increasing number are ...

For the defining track of their early years, 'Hush', Deep Purple and Ritchie Blackmore were unknowingly pillaging from the realm of pious hymns and religion.