Video: Fonda's anti-war activism (at 1:07)
(Sunday, July 23, 1972, during the Vietnam War, part of the Cold War) — American actress Jane Fonda arrived in Paris today after spending two weeks in North Vietnam and branded U.S. President Richard Nixon a traitor. Continue reading Jane Fonda returns from North Vietnam, rips Nixon 40 years ago today (1972)
Video: July 23, 1962 (at 5:51)
(Monday, July 23, 1962, during the the Laotian Civil War, part of the Vietnam War/Second Indochina War, part of the Cold War) — Delegates of 14 nations today signed the International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos, formally bringing to a close 14 months of efforts to restore peace to the Asian kingdom.
Video: Germans enter Rostow (at 4:47)
(Thursday, July 23, 1942, during Case Blue, the German summer offensive of 1942, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — With heavy air support from the Ju 87s of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Germany’s Army Group A today recaptured Rostov, the “gate to the Caucasus,” without much resistance.
