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Glenn Urban Andreotta (October 30, 1947 – April 8, 1968) was an American helicopter crew chief in the Vietnam War noted for being one of three who intervened in the Mỹ Lai massacre, in which 504 unarmed children, women and men were murdered.
During the riot, which occurred on April 9–10, 1968, the mayor asked for a small number of National Guardsmen to help restore order. Democratic governor Charles L. Terry (a southern-style Democrat) sent in the entire state National Guard and refused to remove them after the rioting was brought under control.
Garment workers listen to King's funeral service on a portable radio (April 9, 1968) On April 8, King's widow Coretta Scott King and her four young children led a crowd estimated at 40,000 in a silent march through the streets of Memphis to honor King and support the cause of the city's black sanitation workers. [52]
The 1968 massacre has been referenced in the arts and pop culture in various ways. For example, in literary works such as "La Noche de Tlatelolco" (1971) by Elena Poniatowska which collected interviews, chants, slogans, and banners from student movement survivors. [ 29 ]
1968 riots may refer to: . Protests of 1968, worldwide escalation of social conflicts; Orangeburg Massacre, February 8, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina
The 1968 Kansas City riot occurred in Kansas City, Missouri, in April 1968. Kansas City became one of 37 cities in the United States to be the subject of rioting after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
April 8 is the 98th day of the year ... 1968 – BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. ... 2006 – Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, ...
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