On this day the Democratic Convention in Chicago nominated Hubert Humphrey for President. The event was overshadowed, however, by riots that occurred on the same day.
Following the liberal Humphrey's nomination, protesters, who had been in Chicago all week, head towards the convention in protest, supporting even more liberal Eugene McCarthy. Opposition to the war in Vietnam was the source of their motivation. On the way, they were met by Chicago police, armed with clubs.
In what has sometimes a "Police Riot", the confrontation quickly turned violent leaving an enduring American memory of the disaster of 1968, given as it was televised.
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