The
new radio station made front page news in Monday's Yorkshire Evening
Post.
Viewed from the perspective of 2003 the events of 35 years ago can
seem very distant.
Some things, however, never change because on that launch day the
country's rail system was facing up to travel chaos as the National
Union of Railwaymen announced a work to rule.
Cricket at Headingley was also making the front pages with the shock
revelation that Yorkshire spinner Geoff Cope was to be reported
for 'throwing'.
Fast forward to 2003 and Geoff Copes is now Director of Cricket
at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
Elsewhere, momentous world events shaped 1968.
Robert Kennedy was assassinated and Soviet forces invaded Czechoslovakia.
Student protests, especially in Paris, made the headlines. On 17
March 1968 violence erupted in Grosvenor Square, London as a protest
gathered outside the US embassy to rally against the Vietnam War.
There were sit-ins at Leeds University during 1968 and the students'
union president was an actvist called Jack Straw.
Jack Straw is now perhaps slightly better known as the government's
current foreign secretary.
In sport Leeds Rugby League Club won the 1968 Challenge Cup - beating
near rivals Wakefield Trinity - by one point in the infamous 'watersplash'
final.
Not to be outdone Done Revie's Leeds United beat Arsenal 1-0 to
claim the League Cup and also added the UEFA cup.
In the wider world the Wimbledon tennis tournament was opened to
professionals and the Olympic games were held in Mexico City.
In pop music some famous albums of the year included Beggars Banquet
by the Rolling Stones and the Beatles' White Album.
Louis Armstrong topped the charts with the long-lasting What A Wonderful
World.
Film of the year was probably Stanley Kubrick's 2001 Space Odyssey.
As
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Leeds celebrates its 35th birthday, we take a look
back to one of the greatest stories in the station's history...
a world exclusive interview with Paul
McCartney.
