Saturday, March 10, 2018

And on this day in 1968


The town of Acme Wyoming, depicted in the post card above in 1910, the year of its founding, sold to a group of Chicago investors.  It wouldn't reverse the town's fading fortunes.  It's a ghost town now.

Jimi Hendrix and his Experience played a two set concert at the Washington Hilton Hotel.  Odd to think of Hendrix playing a hotel venue.  The Jimi Hendrix Experience headlined the event, which also featured The Soft Machine.

North Vietnam outlawed opposition to the North's effort in the war in the South. . . not that this wasn't basically illegal anyway.

Robert Kennedy, edging up on a form announcement of his candidacy for the Oval office, went to Delano, California, the headquarters for the United Farm Workers, and after Mass spoke in solidarity with Cesar Chavez.

Actress Helen Walker died of cancer at age 47.


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