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

452K views · 6.9K reactions | Relive the moment Kenya secured their first-ever gold medal at the Olympics! 磊 It came courtesy of Naftali Temu in the men's 10,000m event at Mexico 1968.  | Olympics | Facebook

#OnThisDay at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, Vera Caslavska cemented her status as National Hero as she, in addition to the all-around 🥇, won three apparatus titles and turned her head during Soviet anthem to protest to invasion of Czechoslovakia Enjoy this tribute by Olympic | European Gymnastics

11K views · 342 reactions | 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 | Facebook