Local - The National Guard is dispatched to the Ohio Penitentiary to quell a riot. Eight guards are injured and damage is extensive. The Main Post Office opens on Twin Rivers Drive. The first Rax Restaurant opens in Columbus under the name JAX, and the first Gold Circle department store opens. Tenn. Robert Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles.
Rioters protest the Vietnam War outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Richard M. Nixon defeats Humbert Humphrey in the presidential election. Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black woman elected to the House of Representatives. The Mod Squad premieres. CBS launches 60 Minutes. Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis.