Oh What A Year!
March 16, Although it will not become public knowledge for more than a year, US ground troops from Charlie Company rampage through the hamlet of My Lai killing more than 500 Vietnamese civilians from infants to the elderly. The massacre continues for three hours until three American fliers intervene, positioning their helicopter between the troops and the fleeing Vietnamese and eventually carrying a handful of wounded to safety. View the BBC Special Report on the incident.
June 3, Andy Warhol is shot in his New York City loft by Valerie Solanis,…
December 21, The launch of Apollo 8 begins the first US mission to orbit the Moon. On December…
On September 8, 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first African American man to win the…
