March 7, 1965 — The Selma to Montgomery March begins
The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of civil rights protests held in Alabama during March 1965. The first...
June 9, 2017
Crime & Law
November 25, 1965 — Arlo Guthrie is arrested for littering
These things happen on Thanksgiving, especially in the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts where this all happened. It’s the kind of...
May 30, 2017
October 14, 1966 — Rubin Carter is falsely accused by Alfred Bello
Alfred Bello, and his partner-in-crime, Arthur Dexter Bradley, were small-timers. Knocking over factories was their style, and the last thing...
May 19, 2017
January 3, 1967 — Jack Ruby dies
On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby changed the course of history when he shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald before...
April 19, 2017
December 9, 1967 — Jim Morrison dragged from the stage by the police
Jim Morrison’s first, and second most notorious, arrest.
February 12, 2017
February 8, 1968 — Police shoot black protestors in Orangeburg, South Carolina, killing three
About 200 protestors gathered outside a bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina to demonstrate in favour of the civil rights...
January 29, 2017
March 16, 1968 — Members of the US Army massacre civilians at Mỹ Lai
The Mỹ Lai Massacre is the best known American military atrocity in history. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers...
January 19, 2017
April 4, 1968 — Martin Luther King is assassinated
Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, after years of non-violent struggle for civil rights. By 1967,...
January 14, 2017
June 22, 1969 — The Cuyahoga River catches fire. Again.
Between 1868 and 1969, there were thirteen separate fires on the Cuyahoga River, the worst occurring in 1952. It was...
December 14, 2016
May 4, 1970 — The National Guard opens fire at Kent State University
In what Hunter Thompson called “this brutal year of our Lord, Nineteen-Hundred and Seventy”, there was brutality a-plenty on display,...
October 14, 2016
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