BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination UID:2009-05-01-06-42-51-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=4;BYMONTHDAY=4 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260404 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260405 DTSTAMP:20260415T165736 CATEGORIES:Civil Rights Events LOCATION:Memphis\, Tennessee GEO:35.1495343;-90.0489801 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

Martin Luther King Jr. w as assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, where he was staying while supporting a sanitation workers' strike. King was 39 years old at the tim e of his death. James Earl Ray, a fugitive, was arrested and convicted of the murder. King's assassination was a tragic turning point in the Civil R ights Movement and sparked widespread grief and unrest across the United S tates. His death highlighted the intense racial tensions of the era, but h is legacy of advocating for nonviolence and racial equality continues to i nspire generations.

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DESCRIPTION:Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4\, 1968\, in Memphis\, Tennessee. He was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorr aine Motel\, where he was staying while supporting a sanitation workers' s trike. King was 39 years old at the time of his death. James Earl Ray\, a fugitive\, was arrested and convicted of the murder. King's assassination was a tragic turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and sparked widesp read grief and unrest across the United States. His death highlighted the intense racial tensions of the era\, but his legacy of advocating for nonv iolence and racial equality continues to inspire generations.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6397-martin-l uther-king-jr-assassination?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR