Video: 'Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War - Tet! [7/13]' (Battle of Hue at 29:24)
(Tuesday, February 6, 1968; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — A week into the Battle of Hue, five U.S. Marine companies recaptured some key buildings today, including a hospital, jail and provincial headquarters. Continue reading U.S. Marines recapture key buildings in Hue 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 6 1968)
Video: 'Our World Winter 1968 Part 1' (Feb. 2, 1968, at 8:57)
(Friday, February 2, 1968, 12:05 p.m. EST; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson said today that the Vietcong suffered “a complete failure” militarily throughout South Vietnam this week and he expressed confidence that as the facts became known the enemy would gain nothing psychologically either. Continue reading LBJ declares Tet Offensive ‘a complete failure’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 2 1968)
Video: '1968: The Execution of a Vietcong'
(Thursday, February 1, 1968, at around noon Saigon Standard Time; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Saigon’s police chief, Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed Nguyen Van Lem, a Viet Cong officer, with a pistol shot to the head at point-blank range today in a scene captured by news photographers. Continue reading Viet Cong prisoner executed on Saigon street 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 1 1968)
Video: '1st US Satellite: Explorer 1 Launch 1958 NASA; Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle Preparation'
(Thursday, January 31, 1958, 10:48:16 p.m. EST) — The United States entered the Space Age tonight with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I, from LC-26 at the Cape Canaveral Missile Annex in Florida. Continue reading U.S. enters Space Age 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1958)
Video: 'Tet Offensive 1968, US Embassy & Saigon fighting'
(Wednesday, January 31, 1968, 3:00 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — After some sporadic attacks on bases the day before, the Tet Offensive was unleashed this morning by forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army on nearly all of South Vietnam’s military bases and major cities simultaneously, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. Continue reading Main Tet Offensive operation begins in South Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1968)
Video: 'Battle of hue'
(Tuesday, January 31, 1968, 2:33 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Battle of Hue, one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War, began this morning when two battalions from the North Vietnamese army attacked the western wall of the Citadel or Imperial City, the walled in portion of Hue sitting on the north bank of the Perfume River. Continue reading Battle of Hue begins in South Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1968)
Video: 'Vietnam in HD E03 The Tet Offensive 1968 720P HD'
(Tuesday, January 30, 1968, 12:15 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Tet Offensive began early today as Vietcong raiders drove into the center of seven major Vietnamese cities, burning government buildings, freeing prisoners from provincial jails and blasting military installations and airfields with rockets and mortars. Continue reading Tet Offensive begins in South Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 30 1968)
Video: 'State of the Union: President Reagan's State of the Union Speech - 1/25/88'
(Monday, January 25, 1988, 9:07 p.m. EST) — In his seventh (and final) State of the Union Message, U.S. President Ronald Reagan said tonight he would remain a vigorous, aggressive President “right to the finish line” of his administration a year from now and urged Congress to show America “that democracy works, even in an election year.” Continue reading Reagan vows to pursue agenda to end of term 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 25 1988)
Video: 'NBC Today Show segment titled: "1968 Reports - the USS PUEBLO"'
(Tuesday, January 23, 1968, 1:45 p.m. PYT; during the Cold War) — North Korean patrol boats seized the United States Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo off the North Korean port city of Wonsan today, charging her 83 crew crew members with being on a spying mission. Continue reading North Korea seizes U.S. Navy ship, 83 crew members 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 23 1968)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Tet [6/11]' (Jan. 22, 1968, at 12:00)
(Monday, January 22, 1968; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — On the second day of the Battle of Khe Sanh, General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, said the enemy was attempting to “win a spectacular battlefield success” on the eve of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. Continue reading Gen. Westmoreland comments on Battle at Khe Sanh 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1968)
