-
The USS Pueblo is seized by North Korea. One man was killed and 82 were held hostage during an 11 month standoff between the two countries.
-
General Nguyen Ngoc Loan is seen executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon. The iconic photo shown all across the news was used to protest US involvement in Vietnam
-
African-American sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, are crushed to death in the back of a malfunctioning trash truck. Their deaths start a strike in Memphis for better working conditions.
-
Students from South Carolina State protest segregation at the town's only bowling alley. Police open fire on the protest killing 3 and wounding 27. The police were acquitted but the protest coordinator was arrested.
-
Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis
-
A small victory for the civil rights movement, President Lyndon Johnson signs the Fair Housing Act. This act is supposed to prevent racial, religion, or gender discrimination in housing sales, rentals, and financing.
-
Students of Columbia University are angered by the University's ties with military research. They take over 5 buildings and briefly hold a dean hostage. On April 30th administrators call the police who respond with 1,000 officers. In this process, 700 people are arrested and there are about 148 injuries (132 students, 4 faculty, and 12 officers).
-
The Supreme Court ruled that burning draft cards in not an act of free speech protected by the First Amendment.
-
Apollo 7 is the first Apollo flight to have astronauts on board. The 3 astronauts orbit the Earth for 11 days before safely returning home.
-
During the medal ceremony, two African-American track athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, hold up the black power salute. Because of this protect, they are kicked off the US track team
-
Former Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon wins the popular vote over Vice President Hubert Humphrey becoming President
-
New York's 12th district elects democrat Shirley Chisholm to represent them in Congress. She is the first African-American woman in Congress.
