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Suicide

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1965Date range
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Chronological records

1965

Norman Morrison2 November 1965

Pentagon · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Death of Norman Morrison, suicide. Burns himself to death in protest against the war within 40 feet of the Pentagon

Names involved

Norman Morrison

Provenance

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