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Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
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Norman Morrison
American anti-Vietnam War protester (1933–1965)
Norman R. Morrison was an American anti-war activist. On November 2, 1965, Morrison doused himself in kerosene and set himself on fire below the office of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at the Pentagon to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War, leading to his…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Quakers
Family of Christian religious movements
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after John 15:14 in the Bible. Originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
The Pentagon
Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Napalm
Gelled incendiary mixture
Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical. The name is a portmanteau of two of the constituents of the original thickening and gelling agents: coprecipitated aluminium salts of naphthenic acid and palmitic acid. A team led by chemist Louis…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 2
Day of the year
November 2 is the 306th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 59 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)