Hint: It’s not a car crash. It took place in 1963.

Answer: I’d be willing to bet that everyone in my generation remembers this photo all too well. It is the image of a Buddhist monk setting himself on fire on a street in Vietnam on July 11, 1963. One of a handful of iconic photographs that came to symbolize the horror of the Vietnam War, the photographer, Malcolm Browne, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting as well as the World Press Photo of the Year.

What’s interesting is that many (me included) believed that the monk (since identified as Thich Quang Duc) self-immolated as a protest against the war. In fact, he was protesting discrimination toward Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.

The car from the scene is now on display in Huế.