MARCH 21, 1968

Full News Archive

• Headline: Brundage Challenges IRS Tax Assessment. Impact: Brundage's tax suit leads to a series of tax evasion cases that inspires a generation of accountants to take up crime as a side hustle. Who knew tax forms could spark a new breed of financial anarchists?. Fact: Did you know that the IRS is basically the world's least exciting detective agency? They don't carry guns, but they do carry a lot of paperwork..
• Headline: Urban Plan Changes Under Governor Rockefeller. Impact: Rockefeller's changes lead to a city planning revolution, where every urban planner suddenly thinks they’re a genius and starts building parks where there were once slums. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t end well.. Fact: Urban planning: the fine art of turning 'we have no idea what to do' into 'let's just slap a park here and call it a day!'.
• Headline: Connally to Dedicate Bridge. Impact: The dedication of this bridge inadvertently inspires a bridge-building craze across America, leading to a nationwide shortage of construction workers and a boom in the 'Bridge Enthusiast' subculture.. Fact: Bridges: nature’s way of telling us that we really need to go over there instead of around. And also a great way to get stuck in traffic!.
• Headline: Cracow Students Stage a Sit-In; Gomulka Speech Ignored CRACOW STUDENTS OPEN SIT-IN STRIKE. Impact: The Cracow sit-in sparks a chain reaction of student protests worldwide, eventually leading to a global holiday dedicated to skipping class and demanding more pizza in cafeterias.. Fact: Students using sit-ins for protests? Revolutionary! Because nothing says 'I care' like sitting around while ignoring your classes..
• Headline: Japan Worried by Growing Flight From Farms. Impact: This concern about rural mothers leads to an unexpected urban migration, culminating in a trend where city boys start wearing straw hats to appear more 'authentic' to the rural girls they’re trying to impress.. Fact: Turns out, the grass is always greener on the other side—especially if that side has Wi-Fi and a coffee shop on every corner..
• Headline: KENNEDY DISPUTES HOUSING AID BILL; Criticizes President's Plan and Presses His Own at Packed Senate Hearing Kennedy Disputes Housing Bill; Presses Own Plan at Hearing. Impact: Kennedy's dispute ignites a housing debate that spirals into a national obsession with home renovation shows, forever changing the way Americans view their living spaces.. Fact: Housing debates: where everyone gets a say, but no one actually wants to do anything about it. Kind of like family dinners!.
• Headline: Madrid Court Jails 9 as Reds. Impact: The jailing of these nine sparks a wave of clandestine leftist movements, inadvertently leading to the rise of the 'Red Scare' in America, where anyone with a book about communism becomes a suspect.. Fact: Being labeled a 'Red' has changed over the decades. Now it just means you really like Ketchup!.
• Headline: PARIS GIVES REFUGE TO 9 U.S. WAR FOES. Impact: This act of refuge inspires a new wave of cultural exports from France, including the popularization of the phrase 'not my war' which becomes a hipster slogan for decades to come.. Fact: The French have a unique way of showing support: by offering refuge to war deserters while simultaneously enjoying a croissant. Multitasking at its finest!.