Ash-Shiraa reported that the U.S. government had been secretly selling arms to Iran in a hostage release deal.
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The Battle of Ia Drang began between regulars of the U.S. Army and regulars of the People’s Army of Vietnam.
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African American athletes gathered to support Muhammed Ali’s refusal to serve in Vietnam.
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The Viet Minh scored their final victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu.
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Army Captain Howard Levy was imprisoned for three years for refusing to train U.S. Special Forces soldiers during the Vietnam War.
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The Battle of Attu was fought between U.S. and Japanese forces, with Attu villagers taken as prisoners of war.
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Students for a Democratic Society held its founding convention in Michigan and issued the Port Huron Statement.
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Henry Highland Garnet, abolitionist and minister, called for a militant slave revolt.
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After decades of protests from activists, the United States announced the end to its bombing exercises in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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Eugene V. Debs made his famous anti-war speech protesting World War I, which was raging in Europe at the time.
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A general strike was held in El Salvador against U.S.-funded death squads.
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S. Brian Willson’s legs were amputated by a train during a nonviolent protest against the U.S. arming of El Salvadoran death squads.
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The U.S. Army firebombed a fort on the Apalachicola River in Florida.
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Democratically elected Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh was removed from power in a coup.
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The cover-up of the Iran-Contra scandal began to unravel when Eugene Hasenfus was captured by Nicaraguan troops.
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Marie Equi entered San Quentin prison to serve a one-year term for her anti-war protests.
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The “civil war” in El Salvador officially ended, but other struggles followed, including to protect the land and water from gold mining.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Spanish-American War. None of the countries that had fought for decades for their freedom were represented at signing of the treaty.
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Book — Historical fiction. By Margarita Engle. 2018. 192 pages.
A novel that uses free verse to tell the story of the 1943 Zoot Suit (or Sailor) Riots through a wide range of characters.
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U.S. peace activist and suffragist Kate O’Hare was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for a speech denouncing WWI.
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Richard Nixon initiated a massive “carpet bombing” campaign in Northern Vietnam, mainly targeting Hanoi.
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General Dwight Eisenhower endorsed the finding of a court-martial in the case of Eddie Slovik, who deserted from the U.S. Army during World War II.
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