What happened in 1968? operation rolling thunder began. martin luther king, jr. was assassinated. hubert humphrey was elected president robert f. kennedy was assassinated.

1968 was a tumultuous year. Among many other events and occurrences, both Martin Luther King jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. 

Hitler - rose to become the leader of the nazi party in germany, and capitalized on the fears and misfortune of the german people
stalin - he kept his power by expanding and centralizing the soviet industry, building up the soviet military, and banishing anyone who opposed him to siberia.
mussolini - formed the italian fascist party, and after gaining enough support, marched on rome and was made prime minister. he stayed in power by maintaining order that was lost because of world war i