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The United States launched Operation Niagara in the Vietnam War, a 66-day air bombardment

56

years ago

16 January 1968,

The United States started Operation Niagara in the Vietnam War. In the 66-day air bombardment, 15,000 Vietnamese people died and destroyed the area. The operation was aimed at supporting the US military base Khe Sanh, surrounded by communists from the VietCong North. During the Vietnam War EE.UU. carried out 24,000 bombings with 100,000 tonnes of explosives on citizens, including napalma and banned chemicals, with serious social and ecological consequences in the country.

Source:

Josep Fontana, For the Sake of Empire (Editions of Past and Present).

1919They confirmed in the US the so-called dry law: they banned the production, trade and transportation of alcoholic beverages

1945Hondarribia Jesús Carrera Olaskoaga was shot by Francoists

1969The young Jan Palach caught fire in Prague against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

1980Carlos Saldise Korta was killed in Lezo by a Spanish police group

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1968-01-16

The United States launched Operation Niagara in the Vietnam War, a 66-day air bombardment

1968-02-08

In the North American city of Orangeburg, police killed in South Carolina

1968-04-04

Martin Luther King dies, one of the symbols against racism in the United States

1968-04-14

They celebrated the Aberri Eguna in San Sebastian, although the Franco Navy Police closed all access to the city from the morning

1968-05-01

An artificial platform built in international waters was declared an independent republic on the Italian coast

1968-05-06

In the French state the first incidents of 'May 68' begin, in Paris

1968-05-13

10 million workers started one of the largest general strikes in French history in May 1968

1968-05-18

Start May 68 of Senegal

1968-05-21

Constitution of the Staff and Students Action Commission to coordinate its actions in the May 68 uprising

1968-05-22

A team of football players holds the seat of the French Football Federation in Paris

1968-05-24

May 68 of Paris reached its peak

1968-06-07

The Civil Guard murdered Txabi Etxebarrieta in Tolosa, shooting on the ground

1968-06-07

The workers of the Ford car workshop started a strike in England to ask for the same pay as men

1968-06-11

The police killed two workers in France during the eviction operation of a Peugeot plant they had occupied

1968-06-22

The Civil Governor of Gipuzkoa banned acts in honor of Txabi Etxebarrieta

1968-07-01

Five people were arrested in Bermeo at the end of the Mass in memory of Txabi Etxebarrieta

1968-07-10

Film premiere Ama Lur at the San Sebastian Film Festival

1968-07-21

On the roof of the Benedictine convent of Lazkao, an ikurrina appeared with black ribbons, while the Mass for Etxebarrieta

1968-08-02

ETA killed Meliton Manzanas in Irun, famous torturator

1968-08-03

Francoists established a state of emergency in Gipuzkoa the day after the death of Meliton Manzanas ETA

1968-08-28

Chicago African American Bus Drivers Strike Against Transportation Union

1968-10-02

In Mexico, the police and the military faced thousands of students who peacefully protested against government repression.

1968-10-03

Euskaltzaindia Assembly begins to approve Euskara batua in Arantzazu

1968-10-16

At the Olympic Games in Mexico, the Americans Smith and Carlos fired at the podium of the Black Panther

1968-10-20

Activist Gonzalo Arias is arrested for carrying posters calling for elections in Franco

1968-11-22

The Japanese student movement united thousands of people against the military deal with the U.S.

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1964-01-12

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1959-01-08

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1959-01-01

Cuban revolution rounded the victory in Santiago

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1944-01-26

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1939-01-05

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1934-01-18

General strike in Portugal against dictator Salazar

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1934-01-10

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1929-01-11

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1924-01-21

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1924-01-10

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1919-01-24

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1919-01-16

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1919-01-15

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1844-01-19

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1794-01-11

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1649-01-30

King Charles I was cut off

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