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Protest against the Vietnam War in Amsterdam in April 1968. Protests against the Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The protests were part of a movement in opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War. The majority of the protests were in the United States, but some took place around the world.
The 1969 People's Park protest, also known as Bloody Thursday, took place at People's Park on May 15, 1969. The Berkeley Police Department and other officers clashed with protestors over the site of the park, using deadly force. Ronald Reagan, then-governor of California, eventually sent in the state National Guard to quell the protests.
June 3 – About 100,000 protesters participated in the March for Truth to demand a large scale and quick investigation of American and Russian political collusion in the 2016 election. [59] June 11 – National Pride March; August 26 – Women's Equality Day – March and Rally from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church to National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Why: More than 500,000 people marched on Washington in protest of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. By the end of 1969, around 45,000 Americans had been killed in the conflict.
The 1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., protesting the United States' continuing involvement in the Vietnam War. The protests began on Monday morning, May 3 and ended on May 5.
The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. It took place on October 15, 1969, [ 1 ] followed a month later, on November 15, 1969, by a large Moratorium March in Washington, D.C.
Mexico’s president on Monday defended the participation of a contingent of Russian soldiers in a military parade over the weekend. The presence of the Russian contingent in the Independence ...
An anti-Vietnam War protest in Netherlands in July 1966. February – a group of about 100 veterans attempted to return their military decorations to the White House in protest of the war, but were turned back. March 26 – anti-war demonstrations were held around the country and the world, with 20,000 taking part in New York City.