Sixty years ago, Sen. John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign drew huge crowds and dramatically altered local politics.
May 3, 1969 — a Saturday night spring block party in the student neighborhood called "Miffland" turns into a three-night riot.
Madison had its share of sex, drugs and rock and roll in 1967—but it also had riots, racial tension and a pivotal protest, plus governmental failure, labor strife and a tragedy of international note.
Lost members of the Madison community who died from wars in 1967.
During 1967, there were huge happenings at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Madison Police Department stayed busy in the year of 1967.
In 1967, the year the Environmental Defense Fund was formed with the goal of banning DDT, that the Parks Commission and Board of Estimates both voted to resume its use, recommending the city spend $8,400 to spray 10,000 of the 27,000 city-owned trees from helicopters.
There were many city happenings in 1967, including the closing of Camp Indianola.
Madison city government failed at one of its fundamental tasks in 1967, ending the year without an adopted 1968 budget. It was, one alder said, “the city’s darkest moment.”
Here are the monumental changes in education during 1967.
The development of Schenk-Atwood started Madison's boom in commercial development.
On Election Night 1967, Mayor Otto Festge was only ahead by about 30 votes with just one precinct left to report.
Two big labor strikes in 1967 shut down construction and busing at the time.
In 1967, the university's Red Gym/Armory was just an old building in bad shape that was going to be torn down. But today, it is a national and local landmark.
No building since the Capitol has meant more to Madison than Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace, and no building ever meant more to Wright.
Railroads have been crossing the Monona straits since 1854. Starting in 1967, cars could, too.
Nineteen sixty-seven was quite a year, with effects still felt today. Here are the web extras, supplementary to the main story, 1967: The summer of our discontent.
These 3 distinguished individuals passed away in 1967.
These 4 memories and milestones from 1967 in Madison will have you feeling nostalgic about the past.
These 4 memories and milestones from 1967 in Madison will have you feeling nostalgic about the past.
South Madison gets a face lift through program
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