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* May 2 - An explosion caused by [[Viet Cong]] commandos causes the escort carrier USS ''Card'' to sink in the port of Saigon, resulting in 5 civilian deaths. | * May 2 - An explosion caused by [[Viet Cong]] commandos causes the escort carrier USS ''Card'' to sink in the port of Saigon, resulting in 5 civilian deaths. | ||
* June 3 - South Korean President [[Park Chung-hee]] declares martial law in Seoul, after 10,000 student demonstrators overpower police. | * June 3 - South Korean President [[Park Chung-hee]] declares martial law in Seoul, after 10,000 student demonstrators overpower police. | ||
* June 21 - Civil Rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are abducted and [[murder]]ed in Neshoba County, Mississippi by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. | * June 21 - Civil Rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are [[Freedom Summer murders|abducted]] and [[murder]]ed in Neshoba County, Mississippi by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. | ||
* July 4 - Beginning of the Rhodesian Bush War. | * July 4 - Beginning of the Rhodesian Bush War. | ||
* July 10 - Joe Gaetjens (Haitian soccer player known for playing for the United States national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup and scoring a goal against England) is kidnapped, tortured and probably murdered by [[François Duvalier]]'s [[secret police]]. | * July 10 - Joe Gaetjens (Haitian soccer player known for playing for the United States national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup and scoring a goal against England) is kidnapped, tortured and probably murdered by [[François Duvalier]]'s [[secret police]]. | ||
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* February 1 - [[Idelphonse Hategekimana]] | * February 1 - [[Idelphonse Hategekimana]] | ||
* February 10 - [[Mir Aimal Kansi]] | * February 10 - [[Mir Aimal Kansi]] | ||
* March 7 - [[Mikhail Popkov]] | |||
* April 13 - [[Dokka Umarov]] | * April 13 - [[Dokka Umarov]] | ||
* June 7 - [[Judith Neelley]] | * June 7 - [[Judith Neelley]] | ||
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* August 27 - [[Paul Bernardo]] | * August 27 - [[Paul Bernardo]] | ||
* September 15 - [[Byron Looper]] | * September 15 - [[Byron Looper]] | ||
* September 24 - [[Kadie Karen Diekmeyer]] | |||
* October 2 - [[Sam Bockarie]] | * October 2 - [[Sam Bockarie]] | ||
* October 26 - [[Marc Lepine]] | * October 26 - [[Marc Lepine]] | ||
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=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === | ||
* January - Hannah Tailford | |||
* March 13 - Kitty Genovese | * March 13 - Kitty Genovese | ||
* April 7 - Irene Lockwood | |||
* April 22 - Helen Barthelemy | |||
* June 21 - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner | * June 21 - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner | ||
* July 10 - Joe Gaetjens | * July 10 - Joe Gaetjens | ||
* July 11 - Maria Fleming | |||
* October 23 - Frances Brown | |||
* December 11 - Sam Cooke | * December 11 - Sam Cooke | ||