Woman, 82, sets herself afire in street as Vietnam protest 50 years ago tonight (Mar 16 1965)

1960s, Cold War, Vietnam War

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(Monday, March 16, 1965, evening, during the the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — Peace activist Alice Herz, 82, set herself ablaze on a Detroit street corner today to protest the Vietnam War (the first activist in the United States known to have immolated herself in protest of the escalating Vietnam War, Herz died 10 days later).