My Lai massacre
1968 · Event
US soldiers kill 504 unarmed Vietnamese villagers; coverup unraveled by journalist Seymour Hersh; intense political fallout.
On these timelines: Master, USA, Cold War
Around 1968
- The Beatles (1960)
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)