Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara faces a storm of student protest when he visits Harvard University to address a small group of students. As he left a dormitory, about 100 demonstrators shouted at him and demanded a debate. When McNamara tried to speak, supporters of the Students for a Democratic Society shouted him down. McNamara then attempted to leave, but 25 demonstrators crowded around his automobile so that it could not move. Police intervened and escorted McNamara from the campus.
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McNamara shouted down at Harvard speech
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This Week in History, Nov 7 - Nov 13
- Nov 07, 1964
- U.S. intelligence asserts numbers of North Vietnamese in South Vietnam growing
- Nov 07, 1966
- McNamara shouted down at Harvard speech
- Nov 07, 1972
- Nixon re-elected president
- Nov 08, 1965
- Lawrence Joel earns Medal of Honor
- Nov 09, 1965
- Antiwar protestor sets himself afire
- Nov 09, 1967
- Captain Lance Sijan shot down over North Vietnam
- Nov 09, 1970
- Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam War
- Nov 10, 1964
- McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam
- Nov 10, 1970
- No U.S. combat fatalities reported
- Nov 10, 1971
- Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport
- Nov 11, 1967
- Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war
- Nov 11, 1968
- Operation Commando Hunt commences
- Nov 11, 1972
- Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam
- Nov 12, 1969
- Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai story
- Nov 12, 1971
- Nixon sets new deadline for next troop withdrawal
- Nov 13, 1967
- President receives optimistic reports
- Nov 13, 1969
- "March Against Death" commences in Washington, D.C.
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