 I think I'd like to see that one, Colonel. And on 23 July 1967, in the early morning hours, one of the worst riots in U.S. history broke out on 12th Street in the heart of Detroit's predominantly African-American inner city. By the time it was quelled four days later by 7,000 National Guard and Army troops, 43 people were dead, 342 injured, and nearly 1,400 buildings had been burned.