Daily Archives: December 22, 2012

‘Christmas Bombings’ shift to Haiphong, hospital near Hanoi hit 40 years ago today (1972)

1970s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: Dec. 22, 1972 (6:47)

(Friday, December 22, 1972; during Operation Linebacker II, part of the Vietnam War) — The target area of “The Christmas Bombings” of North Vietnam today shifted away from Hanoi to the port city of Haiphong and its petroleum storage areas. Continue reading ‘Christmas Bombings’ shift to Haiphong, hospital near Hanoi hit 40 years ago today (1972) →

First Lady Lady Bird Johnson born 100 years ago today (1912)

1910s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Lady Bird Waltz'

(Thursday, December 22, 1912) — Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (who served from 1963 to 1969), was born Claudia Alta Taylor today in Karnack, Texas, a town in Harrison County, near the state’s border with Louisiana.