One for the books! On October 12 1968, Enriqueta Basilio made history by becoming the first woman to light the Olympic cauldron 🔥 at #Mexico1968. And it was the first time the Olympic Games were held in a Latin American country. 🙌 #Olympics | Olympics

496K views · 3.5K reactions | Dick Fosbury revolutionised the high jump in 1968. 朗 #Olympics #Sports #HighJump #Athletics | Olympics | Facebook

268K views · 3.5K reactions | Figure Skating icon Peggy Fleming making history. ⭐ In fact, she was the only American to take home a gold medal at the Grenoble 1968 Olympic Winter Games. Relive this iconic moment from 54 years ago! ISU Figure Skating | Olympics | Facebook

In 1968, nearly 10,000 antiwar protestors took to the streets of Chicago to call for the end of the Vietnam War. See footage of those history-making events on Smithsonian Time Capsule: 1968 - https://bitly.com/2ZDjNLd | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation