The Troubles: Murder in Belfast (TRIH ep 697, part 1)
1968 · Resource
How did the Troubles break out in Northern Ireland in the 1960s, and how far back does the dispute really go? Why did the conflict intensify as it did? And, what did it really mean to be a Catholic in Northern Ireland?
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1968
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- The Beatles (1960)