The Best in 1967Jamal Mayfield

Lee Evans

On October 18, 1968, Lee Evans was one of two Americans to set astonishing world records at the Mexico City Olympics. Within an hour of Bob Bemoans' titanic achievement in the long jump, Evans became the first person to break 44 seconds in the 400 meters. His world-record time of 43.86 would endure for 20 years. He also ran on the winning 1968 Olympic 4x400m relay team that clocked 2:56.1, once again a time that stood as a world record for 20 years.

Lyndon B. jornson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was a US politician who served as the 36th President of the United states (1963-1969) after his service as the 37thVice President of the United States (1961-1963). He is one of four people who served in all four elected federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President and President.

Thomas Pynchon

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist. For his most praised novel, Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon received the National Book Award, and is regularly cited as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pynchon is a MacArthur Fellow noted for his dense and complex novels, and both his fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, styles and themes, including (but not limited to) the fields of history, science, and mathematics.

Top Ten songs

Arguably the crowning achievement of what many consider the greatest band of all time, it's also the clearest possible example of the dichotomy between John and Paul -- the a-side is whimsical, inclusive, a little naughty, a story that creates a whole world from small details, while the b-side is personal, reflective, psychedelic and ultimately a statement of an outsider. A high-water mark for both.

Battle of hill 881

The first contact made with the NVA occurred on Hill 861 when 5 American Marine forward observers were ambushed in a bamboo, 4 of which were killed by gunfire.After this contact, two companies of Marines advanced on the hill 861, encountering heavy fire from entrenched NVA positions, constant mortar barrages on potential landing zones prevented evacuation of wounded and fog cut off most air support. Separated, burdened with wounded and dead (it is American Marine Corps tradition never to leave corpses behind)both companies set up hedgehog positions until relieved by other marine companies.Even after skinning the hill with napalm, white phosphorous, 500 pound bombs and Huey runs, NVA snipers and machine guns would cut down advancing marines. Entrenched NVA troops would wait until the marines were 20-30 yards from their positions firing on them, bombarding them with 82mm mortars hidden on the reverse sides of ridges and then pursuing them through the burnt trees.After a constant day and night bombardment, Marine forces managed to take hill 861, the closest hill mass to Khe Sanh. Dug into the hill they found 400 foxholes and 25 bunkers. The bunkers were often fortified with up to 6ft of earth and logs making them all but impervious to the 250-500 pound bombs of Marine aircraft.Having taken hill 861 the marine forces advanced against hill 881 South covered, as they found later, with 10 times as many foxholes and bunkers than 861. Despite the discovery of the well entrenched bunkers on hill 861; Marine aircraft used 500 pound bombs in the bombardment of hill 881 south for fear of hitting themselves with shrapnel when they flew low over their targets to avoid monsoon cloud.With hill 881 South insufficiently bombarded, Marine infantry found the going even harder than the previous hill often taking fire from bunkers they had passed effectively being surrounded on hills and ridges that their own artillery and airplanes had cleared of cover.After the marines had suffered heavy losses on hill 881 South, a new commander ordered the marine air force to break with tradition and use 750, 1000 and 2000 pound bombs on the heavily entrenched NVA forces.With the hills properly bombarded, American forces managed to take Hill 881 North and South in the same day. After beating off a fierce NVA counterattack on Hill 881 North, the Marines could finally claim victory in what had become the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam war so far.

John Davidson

Davidson was born to two Baptist ministers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ("The Mike Douglas Show", July 11, 1974) and graduated from high school in White Plains, New York before entering Denison University. His boyish good looks, broad smile, and telegenic charm gained him entry to such TV venues as sitcoms, game shows, variety shows and talk shows. He is perhaps best known for hosting 1980-84's That's Incredible!, a human interest/stunt-themed series created in the tradition of the 1950s TV show You Asked for It

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