The first large-scale antiwar demonstration in the United States is staged at the University of California at Berkeley, by students and faculty opposed to the war. Nevertheless, polls showed that a majority of Americans supported President Lyndon Johnson's policy on the war.
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Sep 30, 1964:
First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley
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This Week in History, Sep 30 - Oct 6
- Sep 30, 1964
- First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley
- Sep 30, 1968
- Humphrey announces that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam
- Oct 01, 1961
- South Vietnam requests a bilateral defense treaty
- Oct 02, 1966
- Soviets report that Russian military personnel have come under fire
- Oct 02, 1967
- Aerial offensive against North Vietnam continues
- Oct 03, 1967
- Operation Wallowa commences
- Oct 03, 1968
- Twenty-four die in Army helicopter accident
- Oct 04, 1964
- Johnson orders the commencement of Oplan 34A raids
- Oct 04, 1966
- Pope calls for end to the Vietnam War
- Oct 05, 1963
- South Vietnamese generals plan coup
- Oct 05, 1964
- President Johnson under fire from his own party
- Oct 06, 1967
- U.S. jets strike targets in North Vietnam
- Oct 06, 1970
- South Vietnamese forces withdraw from Cambodia
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