Lyndon Baines Johnson31 August 1965
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
United States · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
Anti-war rallies occur in 40 U.S. cities and in international cities including London & Rome
Over 100,000 in New York & over 50,000 in San Francisco demonstrate against the War
At a White House conference on crime, singer and actress Eartha Kitt denounces the Vietnam War to Lady Bird Johnson while attending a "ladies lunch"
At a White House conference on crime, singer and actress Eartha Kitt denounces the Vietnam War to Lady Bird Johnson while attending a "ladies lunch"
Civil rights disturbances occur at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A demonstration in London's Grosvenor Square against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War leads to violence; 91 people are injured, 200 demonstrators arrested
In ongoing campus unrest, Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the ROTC program on campus and the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the US Selective Service System
In ongoing campus unrest, Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the ROTC program on campus and the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the U.S. Selective Service System
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee lead a march of 250,000 in Washington DC
Faces massive anti war demonstrations in Washington
Moratorium demonstration of 500,000 in Washington DC
Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the My Lai massacre
Vietnam veterans return medals & military decorations in anti war protests on Capitol
200,000 people attend an anti war demonstrations in Washington DC
Anti war protest in Washington DC
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