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February 1 -
Vietnam War: A Viet Cong officer is executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan, a
South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The event is photographed by
Eddie Adams. The
photo makes headlines around the world, eventually winning the 1969
Pulitzer Prize, and sways U.S. public opinion against the war.
February 6-February
18 - The 1968 Winter Olympics were held in Grenoble, France
February 8 - American civil rights movement: A
civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg,
South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen, leading to the deaths
of 3 college students.
February 11 - Border clashes take place between Israel
and Jordan.
February 13 - Civil rights disturbances occur at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
February 17 - Administrative reform in Romania divides
the country into 39 counties.
February 24 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted
- South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
February 27 - Ex-The Teenagers
singer
Frankie Lymon is found
dead from a heroin
overdose in Harlem. |
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