How many years ago was 1968?

How long ago was 1968?

To put into perspective how long ago 1968 was:

• A person who turned 21 in 1968 is now 77 years of age.
• The teenagers that existed in 1968 are now 69–75 years old.
• Five decades have passed since then.
• The United States was still embroiled in the Vietnam War.
• The assassination of JFK had occurred only five years previously.
• Man hadn't walked on the moon yet.
• The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1.49 inches per year. That means that it has moved away by about 83 inches since 1968.
• There have been roughly 2,912 weekends since then.
• Names such as Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Jack Nicholson, David Bowie, Margaret Thatcher, Elton John, and Charles Manson were not famous at the time.
• Popular songs that year included the likes of "Hello Goodbye" by The Beatles, "Judy In Disguise" by John Fred & His Playboy Band, "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers, "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat, "The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding, and "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro.
• Films such as "Candy", "Funny Girl", "Barbarella", "Rachel, Rachel", "Rosemary's Baby", and "2001: A Space Odyssey" were playing at movie theaters in 1968.
• The Earth has travelled 252 billion miles through space since 1968.
• Video game consoles did not exist in 1968.
• Pocket calculators didn't exist.
• Brian Jones was still alive.
• Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 140 centimeters since 1968.
• A person who was born that year has had roughly 112–168 colds in their lifetime.
• The world has gone through 224 seasons of weather.
• The minidress was still relatively new.
• The hippie subculture was still popular.
• People didn't have answering machines.
• The afro hairstyle was popular at the time.
• "Columbo", "Here's Lucy", "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", "Hawaii Five-O", and "Adam-12" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.