Listen to the Summary of Mark Jacob's 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The America of 1968 was more violent than the America of the early 21st century, with a significantly higher homicide rate. In the June week when Sen. Robert Kennedy was assassinated, a Dallas man was fatally shot while golfing, a New Orleans cop went berserk and wounded two officers before shooting himself to death, and Chicago police Officer Edward Simanek was shot and partially paralyzed...