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On February 01 in
1968 - Nguyen Ngoc Loan is filmed executing a Viet Cong soldier
On this date, Saigon's police chief, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed a Viet Cong suspect with a gunshot to the head. The event was filmed and
shown on television worldwide. This became one of the most famous images of the war in Vietnam (beyond those that represented the military), and had tremendous effect on international and most significantly American public opinion regarding the war.
[AA E-Zine Note: It helped turn Americans against the war. The photo is available at the link below.]
http://aasquared.org/gallery/newsphotos/VietnamNguyenNgocLoanShootingVietCong
1991 - An earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan kills 1,200
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