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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]]. | ||