The Battle of Midway was significant because it was the turning point in the Pacific theater during World War 2.
Before The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942,the Imperial Navy of Japan had swept aside all of its enemies from the Pacific and Indian oceans.Yamamoto's plan was to attack and then assault the two islands that make up The Midway Atoll.
The US navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll,marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theater.
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbour,the US defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War 2.
In 1968, during the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, governors gathered to discuss, once again, the future of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
There were two opposing groups. On the one hand, the ones who didn't want the U.S. to continue participating in the War, led by Eugene McCarthy. On the oher hand, the winning side, who supported the war, led by Hubert Humphrey.
As a result, that same day outside the Convention, thousands of antiwar activists gathered to protest and to show their respect for McCarthy. But they were not alone, because Richard Dale, who was the Major of Chicago by then, deployed thousands of police officers to alleviate the situation. The event ended up in a complete disaster: people beating each other and getting hurt. Therefore, this episode is also known as "the Battle of Michigan"
