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Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
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US civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Pierre Trudeau became Canada's Prime Minister
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The beginning of a social revolution in France led by students.
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West Side Story premiered on Spain.
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Senator Robert Kennedy, President Kennedy's brother, was assassinated.
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During the night 200,00 Warsaw Pact Soviet led troops begin to invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring
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Peaceful student protest results in a Massacre in Mexico City.
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Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Republican candidate, Richard Nixon, won the US elections.
