One giant leap made Bob Beamon a legend at 22. He soared 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, winning the gold medal in the long jump and demolishing the world record.

An April 6 1968, 17-year-old Bobby Hutton, the very first recruit to Oakland's Black Panther Party, was shot multiple times after he'd surrendered to the police.